What Women Wants

In the 1800's and the 1900's many women were mistreated and discriminated. They didn't have political, social and economic rights. Mother Jones, Carry Nation, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and many more worked to change these conditions. They felt that they should have as much respect as all men.

          They had no say in the government. If they were divorced, the husband would get everything including the house and the husband would get the custody of the children. Women were allowed to go to school but if they got married they had to stop school. Women couldn't get work, they had to stay at home clean, cook, and take care of their children. If they went out in public they had to dress and act a certain way.

          People like Carry Nation, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony etc. held protests like boycotts, hunger strikes, etc. They wrote the Declaration of Sentiments basing on the Declaration of Independence saying that all men and women are equal.  They even fought the Supreme Court to get their rights.

          Their protests started to work because the nineteenth amendment was signed so that women would be able to vote. Women were able to get work just like men. They were able to get out of the house and dress like how they wanted to.

          If women didn't fight for their rights we wouldn't be able to have as much freedom as we do today. We wouldn't be able to vote, we wouldn't be able to go to work, We wouldn't have as much equal rights as men if they didn't fight for our rights.