WOMEN IN HISTORY

Women in History

Introduction

The role of women in history is a new subject in more ways than one. Throughout history, most cultures, women have been subjected to structures patriarchal than they have been denied human rights are more fundamental. In some countries women have taken many centuries to achieve equality, if only theoretically, to the law. And even though the law speaks of equality, there is often a wide gulf between theory and practice. (Han, 2007)

Thesis Statement

In this essay we will be discussing the history of women especially in America, the roles played by the famous women and the impact they leave on the history. The essay also includes how the rights of equality were achieved by the women a century ago.

Description

It is an undeniable fact that women almost did not occupy any place in the fabric of early European history, i.e. the Roman Empire. At that time, she had no legal existence. In Roman antiquity there is only the power of the paterfamilias, equipped with full citizenship, which owns all (with the right to life and death over their children) and high priest whose authority is rooted in religion.

The publication of the United Nations entitled The World's Women-1970-1990 says: "The gap [in government policy] has been reflected in large part on the laws that deny women equality with men in regard to their tenure rights of land, applying for loans and signing of contracts. " A woman in Uganda said: "We are still second class citizens ... third-class or rather, because our sons are before us. Even the donkeys and tractors are sometimes better deal." (Klosko, 1999)

The book Men and Women, published by Time-Life, says: "In 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed women the right to vote, much later than in many European countries. But in Great Britain were not granted that privilege until 1928 (and in Japan until after World War II). “To protest political injustice to which women are subjected, Emily Wilding Davison, British suffragette, threw before the horse of the king in the derby, 1913, and lost his life. He became a martyr in the cause of equal rights for women. The very fact that as late as the year 1990 the U.S. Senate enacted the decree Violence against Women Act, states that the legislatures dominated by men have been slow to respond to the needs of women. (Harper, 1902)

Since the founding of the United States, women have been leaders throughout U.S. history. This leadership role has evolved from managing the family in the private sphere, to serving as Speaker of the House of Representatives and, thus, the second place in the presidential line of succession. Women were struggling with the question of equality and opportunities to display their leadership skills since the founding of the country. (Morgan, 1972)

As the colonists of America, women were relegated to the sphere of private life and inner peace at home and care for children, the men were in charge of and controlled by the ...