What was Andrew Jackson's attitude toward equality for women and Native Americans?

Answer 1

I don't know that Jackson ever commented on any of these issues. There was no real women's rights movement at the time. The real beginning of the movement is generally considered to be the Seneca Falls Convention, which happened about a decade after Jackson left office. Even then, the Convention was considered a fringe movement without broad based support.

1. During his lifetime, all States denied women the right to vote. This was a widely held accepted practice at that time and Jackson did not indicate any opposition to it.

2. I'm not sure what you mean by "dead". Of course all women had certain rights, even married women. Women received protection under the law and there is no reason to believe Jackson opposed those protections.

3. It is true that women gave over property rights and rights to sign contracts to their husbands when they married. The rationale for this is that women, many of whom rarely got out of the house or received much education, could be naive and easily cheated or swindled. Their husband's it would thought were in the best position to protect them. I know of nothing to show that Jackson was opposed to this common belief.

4. Jackson did own African-American women (and men) as slaves. He seemed to be satisfied with that arrangement.

5. Jackson did not have much education himself, and tended to dislike highly educated people generally (since most of these types were wealthy easterners). But he did understand the value of education. His adopted sons attended private school as children. He did not have any daughters so we cannot compare treatment. But generally, women received little more than a basic primary education (if that) since they were not expected to be a part of the workforce later and would rely on their husbands for most interactions outside the home. Jackson never took any strong positions against these practices.

- Mike

source: http://en.allexperts.com/q/U-S-History-672/2008/11/Andrew-Jackson-Women-Rights.htm

Answer 2

Andrew Jackson treated women with inequality compared to men. He kicked the Native Americans out of the United States and formed an ally with the Cherokee Chief.

Answer 3

he only wanted to keep the slaves together and the suffrage was a bad thing to the US Constitution

Answer 4

No. There is no known record of a polling station being in a kitchen before 1920.