nd other feminists met in Massachusetts and draw up a resolution demanding for suffrage and equality. The Second National Women's Rights Convention is held in 1851. In 1852 Susan B. Anthony sets up the Women's New York State Temperance Society, and Stanton acts as the president. In 1860 women fill in for men in the factories and stores during the Civil War. Anthony and Stanton draft a petition demanding for Congress to initiate an amendment to prohibit several states from disenfranchising any citizens on the grounds of sex in 1866. Then in 1869 the National Woman Suffrage Association is formed to push for an amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote. Four years later Anthony and sixteen other women are arrested for trying to vote. Then in 1878 Stanton and Anthony present the Anthony Amendment to Congress . The amendment gives women the right to vote and is reintroduced each year for the next 41 years until it becomes the 19th Amendment. In 1890 17.2% of the work force are women wage earners, this meant that more than 4 million women were working. Finally in 1919 the 19th Amendment is approved by the House and the Senate. Then in 1920 the amendment is ratified and declared official (Marino, 1).American society is marked by sex differentiation and sex stratification. The liberal approach to explaining women's status is based on the notions of liberty, independence, and the natural rights of the individual. Women, just like men, are born equal and free. Women must be free from artificial constraints on their lives in order to be able to discover what is good for them. When women appear inferior to men it is due to the social forces instituted by individuals who did not know better (Sapiro, 50).Gender roles are organized patterns of behavior we follow that are based on our interpretation of the significance of sex. They structure our choices and guide our behavior in ways that are viewed as gender appropriate (Sapiro, 7...
