Sunday, February 10, 2013

How did the passing of the 19th amendment change social equality for women?

The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote, and was passed in 1919. For the next 40 years change was slow, and very few women were given equal rights in terms social gain. The 1960's brought change throughout America especially to the american women. Two organizations that led the charge for change were the League of Women voters and the National Organization for Women. The two groups had their similarities and differences. The National Oranization for women was a more conservative group and they had little differences, but overall the two groups fought for the betterment of women. What I found interesting was a women wrote to NOW and said "done nothing.... Your movement is a farce and a travesty to us, because you uphold the forces that make us beg for our existence ... Your silence consents to our misery. How dare you call yourselves Sisters." This was important to me because it is always important to get both sides of the story when researching history. Together NOW and LOWV changed the perception of what it meant to be an american women. What made these groups special in my eyes was they were not focused on one thing and ignored all social problems in the country, but were very involved in things going on in our country. They fought for equality of blacks, they fought for the women who had no money, and a child to have the same freedoms, and opportunities as any other person born in our country. The social revolution of the 60's was because of the 19th amendment. Right after it was passed changes may not have been immediate but clearly was the start of a revolution for social equality.

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