Question

Evaluate the extent of continuity in the experiences of women in the US from 1890- 1940. I need to write a thesis.

Answer 1

Answer:

Between 1890-1940 women experienced many advances in terms of their political and legal rights, although discrimination and the sense of being second class citizens persisted.

Explanation:

Women from 1890-1940 experienced continuity in that they were entering the workforce more than in the past as industrialization and economic growth continued. They gained further rights which culminated in the right to vote in 1920. These rights that snowballed do to increasing activism allowed them to become more independent of men during this period. However, they still faced discrimination and inequalities as women were often paid less then men and they were habitually hired in only certain professions like teaching and nursing that are historically paid and valued less. Their citizenship continued to be restricted when compared to the citizenship of men because they lost their citizenship if they married foreign citizens, whereas this was not the case for American men who married foreign women. The practice of limiting the citizenship of women married to foreign nationals did not end until the the Nationality Act of 1940.