Anneliese Kuhnly January 8, 2013 Womans right in the 1800s evolved into bigger and better opportunities and

rights that influen ed !oman all over the !orld" Woman in the 1800s !ere not treated e#uality many !oman did not have any legal identity apart from their husbands" $arried !omen ould not hold property in their o!n names, sue or be sued, ma%e ontra ts, sit on a &ury, !rite a !ill, or vote" 'or did !oman have the same opportunities for edu ation also men and the so iety said that men ould not have &obs be ause they !ere to stay home and are for the house and are for the hildren" $any people des ribed a (true !oman of being a pious submissive !ife and mother that too% are of the home and of the hildren and the !oman too% it as they ouldnt do anything else but stay at home and are for the hildren and house,1 this is degrading to !oman )e laration of *entiments said that delegates produ ed, +that all men and women are reated e#ual, that they are endo!ed by their reator !ith ertain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" + 2,he *ene a -alls onve tion started all from a !oman named .li/abeth *tanton !ho !as 32 at the time, 0ady *tanton insisted upon in luding a resolution favoring voting rights for !oman, but her supportive husband threatened to boy ott the event meaning to go against something or try to stop !hat 0ady !as trying to a omplish so that !oman ould have rights and be able to do more then stay at home not doing nothing be ause so iety and the men didnt allo! them to 0ady *tanton !as the only girl the !as in higher mathemati and language lasses and she !asnt allo!ed to go to ollege be ause she
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!as a girl" 0ady *tantons !ould not have arried the day but for the vo al supporter she re eived from -redri % )ouglass, an e89slave and abolitionist editor of the North Star stated that (right is of no se8" 2e argued: !oman is (&ustly entitled to all !e laim for man"73 After mu h heated debate" ,he ninth resolution passed barely" ;n e !oman married, their property rights !ere governed by Ameri an la!, !hi h re#uired that the property !oman too% into a marriage, or a #uired subse#uently, be legally absorbed by their husbands this means that !oman ould !erent allo!ed to do anything unless their husband said so" $arried !oman ould not ma%e !ills or dispose of any property !ithout their husbands onsent so many !oman did not get to have any property be ause their husbands didnt allo! them to" $arital separation, !hether initiated by the husband or !ife, usually left !oman e onomi ally destitute, as the la! offered them no rights to marital property so many !oman !ere often poor be ause of this" Woman !ere offered limited &obs no! be ause of all the !oman that protested that they should be allo!ed to have &obs the &obs that !oman !ere offered in luded paper pro essing and post pro essing, su h as pa %ing !oman also !ere seamstresses ma%ing lothes or blan%ets" ,hey also !or%ed as house leaners but many !omen mostly !or%ed at home leaning, oo%ing and helping out around the house, !oman thought that it !as very unfair that they got paid a lot less then men !hen they !or%ed &ust as hard and long as the men" Women !ere not allo!ed to have an edu ation be ause they !anted !oman to be lo!er edu ated then the men" $ay !omen set up protests to try to get their edu ation
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Women>s groups relied on edu ating themselves through female9only institutions !hile ontinuing to see% admission to male9only s hools" ,his approa h !as a shift from the 1?th entury, !hen !omen>s movements primarily fo used on entering the !or%pla e and promoting other ivil rights issues su h as abolition, temperan e and hild !elfare"@ ,hey didnt !ant !oman to have edu ation be ause they felt that if they had an edu ation then they !ould do better than the men that they !ould have a better &ob and a better areer and the men and then men didnt !ant that" +.veryone has the right to edu ation, edu ation shall be free""" ompulsory" ,e hni al and professional edu ation shall be made generally available and higher edu ation shall be e#ually a essible to all on the basis of merit"""" .du ation shall be dire ted to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respe t for human rights"""" + A $any may thin% that !omens rights are only an issue in ountries !here religion is la!, su h as many $uslim ountries" ;r even !orse, some may thin% this is no longer an issue at all" But reading this report about the Cnited 'ations Womens ,reaty and ho! an in reasing number of ountries are lodging reservations !ill sho! other!ise"

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