HIST 2112 Chapter 25-Word Summary: Early 20th women
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616-618 (3 pp) elc: sanger, my fight for birth control ; national woman"s party, declaration of principles . Write a 25-word summary of either my fight for birth control or national woman"s party, In the realm of women"s history, the 1920s was a period of great contrasts. The new women of the progressive era, ca 1890-1920, women like jane addams, had carved out a space in public life and devoted themselves to causes, reform, and collective action. In the 1920s, women expressed their desires for change in more diverse ways. Some women became more involved in private affairs than public life, more interested in self-fulfillment than social service. Others, now that suffrage had been achieved, wondered what women"s public or political role should be. Still others feared and lamented the challenges to traditional gender roles and family structures presented by science, urban life, and changing moral beliefs. Here is some help in writing a 25-word summary of a document.
