Suffrage+and+Womens+Rights

A Women’s Long Road to new opportunities September 30, 1921 By: Chelsea Finn Women have been fighting for over 70 years to gain the right to vote, and they would still be fighting if the right wasn’t given to them. The 19th amendment states that suffrage is to be given to women in the United States; it was finally adopted on August 26. 1920. Women now have the fair advantage to get the jobs they want, and to be who they truly want to be. Even though it’s been a year since the 19th amendment was passed women are still having difficulties using their rights. A lot of male workers believe that a woman should not get paid any more than twenty-five cents an hour while male workers would start around forty cents an hour. Women are still having a lot of difficulty trying to arrange hours to work; a lot of people are still trying to keep women from working. A lot of stay-at-home mothers are around, but it seems that every month hundreds more women are going out to get jobs every month. At first it was harder for a woman to get a job due to the lack of education but reports have been confirming that women are becoming a lot more common on college campuses. Women are starting to do any job that they want now, even jobs like being a welder instead of a typist! Many women still enjoy being a teacher or a secretary, but those dreams seem to be fading. They all seem very bland and boring the average American now that the shift in women is happening faster and faster. Approximately 2.6 million women worked in the late 1800’s and now it is up to 8.6 million! It’s amazing how fast everything is starting to change here in the United States! Some people try to keep women from voting still today, but a lot of people urge women to go out and use their right to vote. Violence has been caused from this argument before, although it has not been common within the last few months. Flappers have been more and more common in the past year, women have definitely stepped up to the plate. Not only have women took over the shopping industry, they are also starting to play sports. Dames also now sport short, sleek hair. Some even go above chin-length in their new bobs. I must admit that I am still not used to seeing the long, hair piled on top of a “Gibson girls” head. Women have been easily making the new clothes in their own home if they can’t afford it. The style is less complex than the long, baggy dresses we are used to seeing out in the streets on New York. High fashion was recently only for rich women, but now it seems to of spread to every class out there. The flappers of the city have been seen wearing things such as short dresses and skirts, clothes that do not “hug” the body, and no stockings! It’s almost appalling what we are starting to see; although not many flappers have been seen around we are guessing that the style will grow. Women will most likely always have to face the trouble of dealing with other citizens and their reactions to the rights that they deserve, but it’s something that will hopefully become very manageable one day. Women have been very courageous this past year, and hopefully will be for the next few years. Women have been fighting for years and they deserve what has been given to them, let’s just hope that nobody ever takes that away from them!

Works Cited "Inspiriting Womens Rights Movements." __Socy Berty__. . Lewis, Jone J. "The Long Road To Suffrage." __About__. . "Women Go To Work." __E Notes__. . "Womens Rights: 19th Century to Present." __Everything2__. http://www.everything2.org/e2node/women%2527s%2520rights%253a%252019th%2520century%2520to%2520present.

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