Woman's Rights Essay

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Woman's rights is a dilemma that affected the lives of millions of women worldwide during the 1930s. Even today in certain parts of the world discrimination exists. In places like the United States however, discrimination against women is at a minimum. Today, woman's rights is a topic that has bombarded our society with all kinds of questions that deals with the inequalities of men and woman's rights, the differences between an African American woman's rights and a Caucasian woman's, the advocates of woman's rights and how woman's rights has been mended since the 30s.
Women all over the world faced inequality in the 1930s. Maybe it was because women were expected to do certain things such ...view middle of the document...

African American women had a more complex life. African American women already had a rough time before the Great Depression rolled in and times just got a lot harder for them with it did (Women and the Great Depression par 7). Most African American women worked in domestic jobs as well as in agriculture (Women and the Great Depression par 7). Instead of losing their jobs to males however, they lost their jobs on numerous occasions to white women (The Depression and World War II 13). To make matters worse the social security act and the fair labors act did not cover employment of women in areas such as agriculture and domestic jobs (Women and the Great Depression par 9). This had a great impact of African American Women since they were receiving limited help. Most African Americans women were neglected the little rights that Caucasian women were given. Ironically, black women even faced discrimination in the suffrage movement and at times were not even welcomed there (African American Women and Suffrage par 4).
With all this unfairness in the United States came both women and men who fought against the inequalities faced by women country wide since the beginning of time. Among these people was Susan B. Anthony. She implored that all women should be granted the same rights black men were given in the fourteenth and fifteenth amendment which included the right to vote (McKissack 166-165). Sojourner Truth was another women who fought bravely for rights of both women and African Americans in general (...

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