SOCIAL CHANGE IN AMERICA

Social Change in America: An Outline

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The paper analyzes the struggle of women that help in bringing social change in United States. This paper also studies Women's Suffrage, 1900's Birth Control, Equal Pay, and Right to Choice.

Social Change in America: An Outline

Introduction of Women's Rights

In American history, women did not have an equal right as men have and it can be seen in every aspect of life. The legal identity of women is confined to the legal identity of their husbands. Women who were married cannot own any land or property, make contracts, write a will, sue or sued, sit on a panel of judges, or even vote. Moreover, they do not have right to get an education or work as men did.

The theatrical legal and social changes have permitted women to take part in activities of government, education and society. These striking changes are because of efforts made by passionate men and women who supported the equal rights of women.

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United States — the Beginning — Women's Suffrage

In late 19th Century, women's suffrage was pulled off steadily at local and state levels in the United States. The citizens' right to vote must not be abridged based on sex by any state or United States, according to Nineteenth Amendment of US constitution.

Women's suffrage was led by Quakers and Yankees of German or English ancestry, who lived from generations in North America. There was a significant ethnic participation and involvement in immigrants. American women of Norwegian erected their claims on their suffrage work to an American identity. In their viewpoint, Norway progressively politics that comprised of rights of women, offered a strong basis for their claims regarding inclusion in the U.S. and political inequality. They ...