The Fight For Women's Suffrage

http://www.history.com/topics/the-fight-for-womens-suffrage

I learned that women were not automatically granted the right to vote and had to work and fight for the 19th amendment to the Constitution long and hard. It wasn't until less than a century before that women gained the right to vote. Women's rights activist such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott made it possible for women to have a voice. Movements and protests led by various women leaders help shape the ground for adding the amendment. To me this subject is very important because today I know I am able to have a say in the future of our country. Once I turn 18 I will be able to vote for the person I think will best lead me which is a great privilege.  

Women's History in America

 http://www.wic.org/misc/history.htm

I learned that throughout history women have generally been looked up as lower than men and given different legal rights in society. Although the tables have drastically turned now, women's role is society before the 20th century was still a struggle. With the formations of various group and reform movements women never stopped fighting to expand their rights. I learned that views on women have been around as early as the Romans, who believed women were similar to children and inferior. They have always been looked upon as the weaker sex, incapable of performing tasks of a man. It was believed that they should have no say in government or the future in America because of their lack of knowledge and capabilities. The traditional look of a women is said to be a stay at home mother, domestic, and one who does not work yet tends for the family which today is very different. I feel very strongly about this issue and I do agree that women's roles have drastically improved through out the years. We are very lucky.