Gender Wage Gap

The Equal Pay Act was passed 50 years ago this year. The Equal Pay Act was made so women and men got paid equally in the same work place. For Example, male and female nurses would be paid equally not any difference. Even though this act was passed people still debate about the pay gap. Noguchi states that women are sometimes thought of to be paid twenty three cents less then men. This has been mentioned many times even thought the Equal Rights Act has been in effect for fifty years.

In Noguchi's article he states that some employers pay less because when women get into a beginners program they are bond to leave it or motherhood penalty. When women take maturity leave they are continuing to be paid. The couple of months that women aren't working but they are still being paid. Some employers "have" a pay gap because the motherhood aspect. Even though the Equal Pay Act was passed there is still the rumors about the wage gap by employers.


Noguchi, Yuki. "50 Years After The Equal Pay Act, Gender Wage Gap Endures." NPR. NPR, 10 June 2013. Web. 30 Sept. 2013.

Suffrage in Other Countries

USA! USA! USA! Thats what people of America think. They think America is the one and only county and any other country or issue matters. America may be the youngest but its not the only country. Lots of other counties have women rights laws and others have some brutal laws against women. Some countries women cant drive, required to listen to their husbands, and are killed in honor (Best and Worst Places for women). Women in other counties don't have the luxuries that women have had the chances to fight for and receive in America. But in Great Britain women fought for their rights just like here in America.

 Even though they started looking for their rights in the 1860s the women of the UK didn't recieve full rights until 1928s (History). The idea was started with a philosopher but that same year, the first committee was founded for women suffrage (history).  In 1918, women over 30 received the right to vote which was the first out break for the women in UK (history). There for America is not the one and only country that has women suffrage or shun women. There are other counties other then America.

"History of Women's Suffrage | Scholastic.com." History of Women's Suffrage | Scholastic.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Sept. 2013.

"The Best and Worst Places for Women." The Daily Beast. Newsweek/Daily Beast, 18 Sept. 2011.  Web. 24 Sept. 2013.

Life After the 19th amendment

The 19th Amendment was passed in the 1920's. The Roaring twenties! United States party decade. This decade was packed with parties, drugs, and prohibition. After the 19th Amendment was passed and the women went crazy. The parties got bigger and bigger. This was the time of prohibition. Prohibition was an amendment that banded alcohol. Alcohol was not to be sold or bought in stores, bars, or anywhere. This didn't stop people from making their own alcohol in their bathtubs or buying it from bootleggers. The women were smugglers too.

The women were empowered after the amendment was passed. Women shortened their skirts and cut their hair. The women in this era were called Flappers. They smoked cigarettes and drank in public. The women set standards after they received their rights. Before the amendment was passed women had long hair and to cover themselves up. In this decade, they wore short cocktail dresses and looks of pearls and jewelry. They were using their rights to the fullest. Not caring what anyone would think of them and they took advantage of their rights and ruled the roaring twenties.

People Need to Know

Society nowadays is fantastic. I was very lucky to be born and already have so many rights. Being born a girl and already having the rights to be equal to the boys. I have always been a person that has challenge the status queue. Girls these days have really taken the chances to be respected. Where ever you go there is a women pushing the limit and trying to be the best. We have women that are climbing the ladder. Condoleezza Rice is a very good example. She is the first African American women to be Secretary of state. But even with women in high places some people don't know what exactly Women Suffrage is.

When I was in high school learning about the about women suffrage my teacher played a prank on everyone. He began by asking everyone if they were for or against Women Suffrage. Most of the kids in my history class of 35 said they were against it and only a few people said no. He then asked why we were against it. It wasn't hard for everyone to answer that beating up women is very wrong and Women shouldn't have to deal with taking beating. All the people that said they were for it said well yeah i'm all for women rights. While some kids laughed my teacher told us that it had no direct meaning of beating up a women. He began with saying we were not the only ones that didn't know. Jay Leno did a similar test in time square and everyone said the same things we did. People need to know and be knowledgeable that women suffrage is women's rights and the right to vote and not about women suffering.

Men make Women Suffrage happen

Gender Equality wasn’t just headed by the women. The Seneca falls convention of 1848 was ran by James Mott. At the convention, he and 31other men signed the Declaration of Sentiments to help support the women and their fight for Gender Equality.  One of the men that signed was Fredrick Douglass, the famous social reformer after escaping slavery. Not until after the Civil war did the organizations pop up to help out the women like American Women Suffrage Association (AWSA) and the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) but in the 20th century the National Men’s League for Women Suffrage. 

The National Men’s League for Women Suffrage grew very quickly. Only two years after the League was made it had almost 20,000 members. Union men were a big support group for the women. The Majority of voters to approve women suffrage were from the union workers but there was a big support from Congress. Some Congressmen had to make an effort to vote. Some left their sickbeds others had broken bones and others left their wife’s deathbed all to vote for women rights. The effort payed off by one vote. The 19th amendment was passed and it really would not have passed if it was not for the men and the men in higher power. Sure women wanted and pushed for suffrage but the men were the ones who really achieved it.

"Rights for Women." Rights for Women. National Women's History Museum, 2007. Web. 10 Sept.   2013.

Starting the Women's rights movement

Women’s equality started to become a factor in 1848 when the first women’s rights convention was held in New York. After the two days of debate 100 people (68 women ad 32 men) signed a Declaration of Sentiments which starts the Women Rights Movement. The Declaration of Sentiments Stated that women would be equal to men in education and employment which included the right to vote. In 1869, two women had one goal to get women equality, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

These two women created The Revolution, a weekly publish for women’s rights in 1868. The newspaper’s motto was “Men their rights, and nothing more; women their rights, and nothing less.” These two women were the first starters to helping women achieve equality. Both these women died in the 1900’s before they could achieve women equality. Even after their death  women kept fighting for their rights. 

Citations:

"Elizabeth Cady Stanton Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 08 Sept. 2013.

Imbornoni, Ann-Marie. "Women's Rights Movement in the U.S." Infoplease. Infoplease, n.d. Web. 08         Sept. 2013.

"Susan B. Anthony Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 08 Sept. 2013.

Women out into the work force

Women were not allowed in the work place for the longest time until war struck the nation. All men left the factory jobs to go over seas to fight so the women had to get out of the house to take over the work place. The women loved working and when the men came back the women did not want to go back to be a normal house wife. So the women began to fight.

Rosie the riveter was born in this era. Rosie was a very strong symbol at this time. She symboled self empowerment and being strong. Women started to fight for there rights. Women wanted to work. They were tired of staying at home while the men were out doing everything. Women wanted suffrage and even more rights then that. This is when they began to fight for their rights.

Allison Ullrich