Changing roles of women

Answer 1

Women have gone through many roles throughout history. Initially the men in a woman's life, controlled her fate. Women were expected to be subordinate to their fathers until they married, then they were to be subordinate to their husbands. A married woman could hold property, it automatically transferred to her husband upon marriage. Women were also not allowed to vote. A turning point occurred when women during World War I, took over the jobs their husbands had to leave behind to go to war. Soon after, women were given the right to vote, and on the path to independence.

Answer 2

By today's standards, women are undoubtedly considered as competent and vital contributors to the American society's workforce and in the home. However, not quite too long ago women were nowhere near possessing such power and respect as they do now, but were subjected to unimaginable prejudices and restrictions. Fortunately, women's roles have grown over time, and it is imperative that we recognize the great lengths that women went to in order to achieve the equality that exists in America today.

One can say that the Industrial Revolution served as a catalyst for the drastically changing roles of women. Prior to the economic uprising of the Industrial Revolution, women worked in factories to manually spin yarn, weave cloth, and make products such as candles, soap, butter, and cheese. However, as machines replaced humans, they required assistance in being run and women were employed to factories for this purpose. Women often worked long hours of 12 to 13 hours per day, six days per week.

As working gave women the chance to be economically independent, the majority of working women remained single as they no longer needed to marry solely for financial stability.

As a result of the economic changes, women's role in the household also changed and more power was attained on their part. As previously mentioned, women no longer needed to marry solely for financial stability and this led to love being a greater determinant of marriage as opposed to formerly arranged marriages. Consequently, families became more closely knit and meaningful.

In the 1800s, many started to act out against the growing liberalism and did so by returning to their religious roots; this led to the start and spread of the Second Great Awakening. Women became fervent enthusiasts of religious revivalism as it became more acceptable and encouraged to attend church.

The Second Great Awakening also encouraged higher education. Gradually, women's schools in the secondary level gained more respect in the 1820s, and not long after in 1837, Oberlin College became co-ed, opening its doors to women as well as men.

The growing thirst for knowledge in American society also resulted in the birth of several magazines, giving many opinionated voices the opportunity to express themselves and be heard by the masses, and these opinionated voices included those of women.

Later on as the nineteenth century progressed, women became more fervent in their pursuits of equal rights . Women at this time were more anxious than ever to escape the cult of domesticity.

Slowly but surely, women started to rebel traditional expectations in a variety of ways. Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to graduate from a medical college, Margaret Fuller edited a transcendentalist journal, Lucy Stone kept her maiden name after marriage, and Amelia Bloomer started a new trend by wearing a short skirt with Turkish trousers.

Answer 3

the role of women was to take care of children.