Women's Rise to Power

Written by: Madelaine

As time goes on, women have finally realized that there is more to life than sewing, cooking and washing. The fight for equal rights between men and women has started with simple boycotts of tea and other ‘industrialized’ technology, such as sewing machines, in the 70’s. Other women have their husbands supporting their ideals and took more distinct actions in helping voice the problem out to everyone such as Sarah Morris Mifflin (right picture). Some, like, Cady Stanton as well as Lucretia Mott launched the suffrage movement in 1848. In hopes for not only equal rights, they specifically pursued the right to vote and have their opinions voiced out. They also pushed the matter of lack of suffrage for women and in 1920, they finally gained the 19^th Amendment. This amendment states that women can finally be free to vote for whomever they believe in.
When the 1900s rolled along, women have been fighting for same status and economic rights as men- such as higher work positions and political power. Factory women feels that there is a gap between salary when some can do better jobs and have better skills in factory than men. This led to more women supporting the movement and for them to be able not only to gain rights but equality and respect-same amount, as what men are rewarded to. Nowadays, there are 60 women serving in the House as Representatives and 13 serving in the Senate. This states that when people work together for the same cause for the better, they can overcome even the impossible obstacles.