Women's rights have changed a lot throughout the years. 100 years ago, this would be different. Women had little to no rights at all and were seen as less important than a man. Women couldn't get the same jobs as a man, couldn't vote, couldn't do much of anything except stay home and cook and clean. Today, that has changed. Women have the right to vote, can work the same jobs as men, and get paid almost as equally. Did you know women can participate in every occupation except for two? This would have never been allowed 100 years ago. I am a woman, therefore this will benefit my future by a lot and make my future more possible. Since I have more rights, i can dream bigger and those dreams are actually reachable. We'll go back to the year, let's say, 1927. If a girl had a dream of owning her own floral shop, this would be highly unlikely. She would most likely have to work with a man who owned the shop and she'd have to listen to him and obey his rules. In the 1920's women weren't allowed to have their own name printed on a passport. They couldn't wear whatever they pleased. If they had a law degree, it wouldn't get them as far as men who had the same exact degree. They couldn't work the night shifts of their occupation. Women didn't have their own restrooms until the year 1927. Before that, the restrooms were designed for men because the women usually worked at home. Women weren't allowed to stay or get a job while they were pregnant. These are just a few things women weren't allowed to do during these times. Look at the rights women have today. None of these still apply today.
Segregation and racial discrimination. Take a look at today, take a look at 10 years ago, take a look at 50 years ago and take a look at 100 years ago. Notice any difference? Anything at all? Maybe you noticed the difference in how colored people were treated in the past and how they are today? Yes, you did or you should have. 100 years ago people of color were looked at as if they weren't human and had no feelings. They were thought of as inhumane and less important than white people. Since they were looked at differently, they were obviously treated differently, very differently. There was nothing to protect these people from being treated harshly and disgustingly. Things like lynching were a common method used in this time. Lynching was when a group of white men attacked a person of color and hung them, this was legal during this time. If a man of color simply smiled at a white woman, they would potentially get lynched for it or beaten. Since they were looked at and treated differently, you can imagine measures would be taken so no one would have to "mix" with them. This was called segregation. Segregation was when they would design and split certain places for "whites and blacks". Schools were segregated, white children could not go to school with colored children. This caused children of color to often lack education since they were thought of as less important. Bathrooms, public places, restaurants, anything you can think of were segregated. Moving onto today. Does it look the same? Do or did you go to school with a person of color? Look around, look and see how many people of color you see freely walking the streets or doing as they please. That is what it should have looked like. We're all skin and bones, no difference. Now of course, racism still exists today, sadly. But, it is nothing like it used to be.
