The political and cultural expectations of men and women in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were much different than they are now today in modern America. During this time, women were expected be nothing more than a homemaker and often judged heavily on their ability do so. In "Trifles...

Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An Avid Feminist I wanted women to count as much as men do; we are equal. Those are words I preached to people very often, because that is wh...

Abstract/IntroductionThe way in which women are seen today, in America, is very different from the way they were seen two hundred years ago. Back then women were not allowed to speak as often as they would have liked to. They were expected to be care-givers, have and raise children, and do househo...