Women's Equality

The U.S is ranked 89th in the world for the amount of women in government. Women are vastly underrepresented in the government, holding less than 20% of positions in government. Voters are partly to blame, they don’t vote in many women because of outdated stereotypes. Women raise less money while campaigning than men, because their presence on government is not yet normalized.   Image Source;   https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwitqby33sfTAhVDy1QKHcKNCLIQjhwIBQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.empowher.com%2Fwellness%2Fcontent%2Fwhere-women-have-it-best-5-worldwide-gender-equality-indicators&psig=AFQjCNFS6AZ1Mye0F18e78RvwihherIPIw&ust=1493489047252615 Women didn’t gain the right to vote until quite recently in the United States. At the Seneca falls convention (1848) many abolitionists, mostly women but also some men, gathered to talk about women’s rights. They said that if all men...

Women's pursuit towards equality has been a long and challenging journey Even to this day women struggle with many different types of misogynistic pre-conceived notions on a day to day bases. One of these struggles include women wanting a voice in our government. Women have slowly gained this voice in our government over centuries of hard work. Thousands of women are trying to even out the playing field in current offices. Ever since women have gained the fundamental right to vote they have worked in multiple levels of government. Women have taken the role as secretaries of state, vice presidential candidates, presidential candidates, and even supreme court justice holders. Being able to vote and hold office as a woman was not always an option at the beginning. The women's suffrage movement was a step towards a more equal government for women. This was a very important movement that occurred between 1890 and 1920. The Seneca falls convention was a first step in this broa...