Women's+Rights+Movements!

Halie Moody(:

Discuss women's rights movements during this time period. Include not only American and European movements, but women's roles elsewhere as well!

1750-1914


 *  Mary Wolstonecraft founded a vindiction of the rights of the women in 1792.
 *  Women got equal rights, which included: education, political, and economic pursuits.
 * Upper and Middle classes had better education.
 *  Better education increased college opportunities for women.
 *  France argued for suffrage.
 *  In the 1830s women in the US and Europe pushed for suffrage, and was led by upper class women.
 *  The US suffragettes called for the right to vote and better working conditions.
 *  Women began to get jobs in teaching and nursing.
 *  They took leadership roles in labor reform, banning alcohol, and child welfare.
 * Except for Finland, Norway, and a Handful of US states in the west, women were not granted the right to vote until after World War 1.