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DWQ 4 Women in the 1800s were the rock or the pillar of the family. Their moral standing and the way society viewed women's right changed because of the market revolution and the 2nd Great Awakening. Women's opportunities expanded during 1815 through 1860 to incorporate new ideas about the family, the workplace, and society. The family life for a woman was always strict and regulated; she gets married then rears and raises children. This changed because women wanted their own lives so they would defy society. She would go work and not get married. She would control her own birthing schedule by not having children. Women would include and try to help the mentally ill and rather than keep them locked up. Dorothea Dix was a major revolutionist in this field (Doc. D). Doc. C brings up the point of women being given the most important role in society but never being able to be apart of society. Women never worked outside of the household. Women could never get a job because it made them look strong, not weak. Men liked women to look like they needed help. When women could get jobs, they somewhat gained their independence. On the down side, their work load was overwhelming and they had to work incredibly long hours for little pay (Doc. B). They could not even collect their pay, their father or their guardian would receive the payment directly. They had to be kept from the men to keep their morals so they had to stay in dorms and be supervised. In the society, women had to remain proper. Improper acts would be getting a job or not getting married. Woman can't vote, yet they are given the job of teaching the children. The rights of women are overlooked even though they were the moral gender of the race as mentioned in Doc. F. Doc. E shows you how if a woman would swim against the current of society by doing something improper, how everyone else may react. Women have more rights wether they know it or not. Doc. A show this through a woman trying to plan her future life. Women have important roles in society at this time, men just ignore their rights.