Choice 2: Compare and Contrast the legal Rights of women in the United States and Europe during the 1800s and 1900s
Guiding Questions: What rights, if any, did women have in divorce proceedings? What percentage of men and women were awarded custody of children? How did Enlightenment thinkers, politicians, state government perceive and/or treat women? Did any women support “submission” to men? How did women fight for more rights?