Women's right in U.S. history

The rights of women during the 1800s,differs from what they are allowed to do now. In Britain they had very little freedom while this was considered to being part of slavery. Men had women as their possession letting it go as the man of the house, the brother or male relative, and then their husband take complete ownership of them after each other. In the lives of women, the only purpose at the time was to get married, and then make many babies and serve under the man that took over them for as long as they lived.But if a woman was to get married to someone, all their earnings were to be taken in by the husband If they didn't go by this, they were to be put down and suffer consequences. Though through the marriage vow,they were told to make a commitment. If they were to try to escape or set a divorce, they were to be captured then punished.There was three divisions of work women were broken up into. There was the upper-working class, lower-working class, and the underclass. But their was a class that had differed from the other classes where they didnt have much power or wealth.This was the lower class.They were very unclean and unkept while not dressing neatly. Some became prostitutes due to their lack of having a job and making most of their lives and tried to make money through this.
In the later years of the 1800s , they had gained rights to be free of choosing what choice they wanted to make on their own.In 1839, women was able to keep their child under their care if their was divorce between her and her husband. Later in 1870, women gained the rights to keep money they had worked hard for and earned.In 1891, women didn't have to get forced into marriage if they didn't want to.Through the years, women had gained their justice, and rights to making their own decisions.


source: staff.washington.edu/cgiacomi/.../women.html
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wmarriage.htm
link: www.historylearningsite.co.uk