Question

“Women were quite invisible a hundred and fifty years ago”. Evaluate the statement.

Answer 1

Women were quite invisible a hundred and fifty years ago

Explanation:

• 150 years women were not given importance and were considered for the role of a homemaker who managed her husband and children and did household chores
• Women were faced with several forms of discrimination the major being women not been given suffrage rights, that is, the right to vote.
• Several societal attitudes and laws implied  meant women faced impediments, barriers and biases all through society - in work, marriage, and education
• Although, later, women were allowed to enter the workforce, there was increasing the dissatisfaction amongst women concerning huge gender disparities in pay. They also had to work for long hours and faced sexual harassment.
• Women could not buy, own, sell, or inherit property