How has women's rights and everyday roles in society changed in America in the last 100 years?

Women didn’t get the right to vote until 1920, thanks to the 19th amendment.

Women started entering the work force during WWII and now make up over half of the workforce.

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Women around the world live differently than Women of the United States. Their role in society, family structure & workplace very tremendously with women in the US. Please analyze the following pictures and answer the questions

1. What do you think this Afghan girls future will be like?

Afghanistan's women have a 13% literacy rate.

The average life expectancy for women in Afghanistan is only 44 years old, compared to 80 in America.

2. What role in society do women play in Indian society?

India is a society where the male is greatly revered. Therefore women, especially the young girls, get very little respect and standing in this country. The women of the household are required to prepare the meal for the men, who eat most of the food. Only after the males are finished eating, can the females eat. Typically the leftover food is meager, considering the families are poor and have little to begin with. This creates a major problem with malnutrition, especially for pregnant or nursing women.

Because women are not educated and cannot hold a prestigious job, they take on the most physically difficult and undesirable jobs. A typical day for a woman in an agricultural position lasts from 4am to 8pm with only an hour break in the middle. Compared to a man’s day, which is from 5am to 10am and then from 3pm to 5pm. Most women are overworked with no maternity leave or special breaks for those who are pregnant. Plus women do the majority of the manual labor that uses a lot of energy compared to the men who do mostly machine operating. Even though women work twice as many hours as men, the men say that “women eat food and do nothing.” This is mainly because the work the women perform does not require a lot of skill and are smaller tasks.

3. Why do you think women would rather give birth to a boy than a girl in India?

4. What do you think the typical day is like for these women from Africa?

5. Does the more money that you make, or opportunities you have make you happier?

6. What do these women in Mexico have in common with your mother?