In my opinion, the women"s movement was the most important reform of the.

             If I had lived during this period, I don"t know how I would.

             have survived being treated the way these women did. Men were the only ones.

             who could go out, get jobs, or participate in their community. Women were.

             expected to sit home taking care of the children, cooking and cleaning. They.

             were not respected or treated as human beings. This treatment of women was.

             promoted by Victorianism. I would have worked to overcome these beliefs. The.

             idea of separate spheres was completely ridiculous. The male sphere of politics.

             and work could equally be experienced by women, as men could have taken care.

             of the house and children. These spheres were many years old (from the reign of.

             Queen Victoria in England) and had to be modified. It was time for a change.

             Since women finally began taking clerical or industrial jobs in the early 20th.

             century, the next important issue would be woman"s suffrage. Women deserve to.

             have a right to vote. To help, I would have attended the Seneca Falls.

             Convention in 1848 and helped Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in.

             the National American Woman Suffrage Association with rallies and conventions. .

             Rallies and conventions were some of the only ways women could express their.

             views and feelings, since they did not attend many other formal community.

             meetings. It was important to let the country know that women had the ability to.

             make decisions to improve America. In the past, women had tried to prove they.

             were equal to men, but new suffragists reasoned that the genders were different. .

             Years of experience as mothers and household managers had given women an.

             understanding of how to improve the country"s education, sanitation, workers.

             rights, and family nourishing. These situations gave women a knowledge that no.

             man could posses. Although it took one hundred forty four years after the.

             founding of our nation for women to vote, national suffrage in 1920 was a great.