University:
High School
Course:
High School History
Academic year:

2022
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108

Pages:

10
Author:

Bruno Cain

Women during the 1900s Women’s Rights 1848 – Seneca Falls Convention begins fight for equal treatment of women (first women's rights convention) ◦ In areas such as property rights, marriage rights, equal education, jobs 1878 – Woman Suffrage Amendment proposed to Congress (right to vote) 1920s – Nineteenth Amendment passes (full voting rights for women) ◦ Women breaking away from traditional role (flapper drinking, smoking, and staying out late broke mold of women as homemakers) ◦ Despite winning full rights to vote, there was still much to do to gain women equal rights (wage issues, unfair labor laws, lack of access to college-level education, discrimination) 1930s-The Effects of the Great Depression went beyond economics for women ◦ With unemployment at an all-time high, women were pushed back in the home as to not take jobs from men ◦ With the country in deep economic hardship, the issue of women's rights lost support and feminists did little to make gains in their struggle for equality ◦ Women did not have much power and were defined by their marriage ◦ Brothels were still popular in California during this time and further supported the idea that women were lesser beings Americans with Mental Disabilities What is ID? ID stands for Intellectual Disability, or what many think of as Mental Disability. ID is a disability characterized by limitations in intellectual reasoning and adaptive behavior, which originates before age 18 and is often genetic in nature. History Prior to the 1800’s, many people with ID were put into asylums and treated harshly. Throughout the 1800’s, many were optimistic that they could “normalize” people with ID. However, with the industrialization of the country, it became apparent that people with ID were much less able to adapt. ID in the early 1900’s It came to be believed that ID was inherited genetically, and therefore an effort arose to stop its reproduction Researchers made a great effort to identify all people with ID, even if they had minor cases Once identified, reproduction among the ID population was stopped through segregation, sterilization, and loss of marriage rights ID in the early 1900’s Many felt that medicine worked against natural selection, and that people with ID were reproducing at a greater rate than “normal” people, increasing costs of education, medicine, etc. Some even felt the solution to the problem was euthanization of what they called “idiot children” ID in the early 1900’s After the theory of inherited ID was disproved, a series of acts were passed in the 50’s-60’s, giving people with ID more rights. These reforms allowed those with ID rights of education and property, and largely helped deinstitutionalize that population. In addition, the reforms helped change the public’s opinion of this group, including a more compassionate treatment.