#0143 How Religion Got Gender-Roles Wrong- Further. Every. Day.

https://theologyforwomen.org/2013/05/some-things-you-should-know-about-women-and-the-old-testament.html

https://www.foxnews.com/world/taliban-vows-publicly-stone-women-death-direct-message-western-democracies

Part One
We don’t have to look far to see that women have not been treated equally or fairly throughout History.
But……..Does the Bible promote women as one of lesser Value than a Man? Let take a deeper look as we stay Further Every day.

History of Women Suffrage:
The advancement of Women in Society:
*The right to Vote in State and Federal Elections
*The right for married women to own property and purchase property.
The 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920, officially giving women the right to vote for the first time in American history. (When the nation was founded only White, land-owning men were allowed to vote)
Individual States gave certain rights to women to purchase property and conduct Business.
By
Jone Johnson Lewis
Jone Johnson Lewis
Women's History Writer
• B.A., Mundelein College
• M.Div., Meadville/Lombard Theological School
Jone Johnson Lewis is a women's history writer who has been involved with the women's movement since the late 1960s. She is a former faculty member of the Humanist Institute.
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Updated on July 13, 2019

By 1900, every state had given married women substantial control over their property. But women still faced gender bias when it came to financial matters. It would take until the 1970s before women were able to get credit cards. Before then, a woman still needed her husband’s signature.
The struggle for women to be financially independent of their husbands extended well into the 20th century.
1970s before women were able to get credit cards. Before then, a woman still needed her husbands signature.