The Status of Women in America

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This paper focuses on the status of women in the pre and post revolutionary days, that is the 17th and the 19th centuries. The paper also touches upon the current status of women to show how the changes that took place in the 19th century finally affected the life of American women in the 20th century. The author concludes that it was mostly in the 19th century that awareness regarding civil rights grew among women.

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"Women in the United States have worked hard to achieve some sort of equality to their male counterparts in every field of activity. Social economic and political conditions have undergone a massive change since the country attained freedom in 1776. Women were a significantly oppressed section of the society in the 17th and 18th centuries, there were no voting rights for them and they were kept out of armed forces and other businesses. This resulted in lack of economic resources for women, which further lowered their position in the country, as they had to depend on their husbands, fathers or brothers for financial support. This has changed significantly today as most women are seen working side-by-side men in almost every field. They are also playing an important role in armed forces and large corporations but we must not forget that women struggled for more than a century to reach their current status in the United States."

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