The Role of Women in United States of America

  

The Role of Women in United States of America

Women is United States of America enjoy more freedom and independence than woman of others countries. Perhaps not always was in that way. After 20th century the motherhood and wifehood were the most important professions than women could have. But women fought for their rights and they got the right of vote, increase their education, job opportunities and also they got a reevaluation of their role in the society.

We need to keep in mind that historically women were considered the weaker sex or in other words “weaker than men”. That statement created differences in a lot of ways and topics about women life and treats. In some countries and cultures that thought is consider right.

The only education that women had before was to learn of their mothers how to cook, how to clean and also how to be a good mom, and when women could go to the school the results were very bad because young girls were without motivation because nobody expects nothing else that they had to be housewife and mothers. 

But now this had been many changes, at he end of the 19^th century women were accepted in regular colleagues and universities so in 1970 the fifty per cent that the students of these centers were women and then continue increase with the  ages. And now in the actually there is an equally in all senses of the educations.

In work, the only acceptable occupation for the women who want to work were in the factory labor and domestic work because they had been excluded of all professions except of teaching and writing. For medical professions only could do as a obstetrician, but in the beginning of the 19^th century the required educational preparation, especially for medial profession, increased, so this prevent young woman to marriage and have many children for can study and prepare for their professionals career.

Another fight was on the world of politics, fight for vote and representation. The role of woman in politics always had been minimal but after a lot of strikes and protest American women won the right of vote in 1920. But only in 1984 a majority choose Geraldine Ferraro of New York for be elected vice-president. And the first black woman elected was Shirley Chisholm in 1968. Nowadays women had many important roles in the politics.

American women have changed the mentality of men, the point of view to them. And they made that changes fighting for their ideals and rights. Getting the goals was slow and frustrating but they show strength and keep fighting until they get what they want. They change the mind of the country and now American women are consider as reference to women in other countries.