Question

Discuss how the War of 1812 changed the role of women at this time in the United States. Consider the following as you respond:

• The common occupations of women in the early 19th century
• The social and cultural views of women at this time
• The impact that the War of 1812 had on the women's movement.

Answer 1

Women are considered as the greater source of human power in the world. There was actually the success of many eminent male personalities have the strong reason of women participation witnessed for their significant contribution towards welfare of the society. Before the earlier 18th century, women are not so privileged to take part in the social nurturing activities in the states of United States especially in the camp of War period. Significantly the War of 1812 acted as a milestone for the women to prove their super natural power to the world. The war of 1812 had allowed the women enter into the military forces to help and support them directly in many ways like writing journals on situation of the war and communicating to the Press Bureau of the US government, acting as PRO between many camps and passing the necessary letters and replies to the officers and soldiers of all the camps, serving the war people by feeding them in the proper time, etc. Let us discuss the following facts for proving the role of the women during the war of 1812.  

The common occupation of women in the early 19th century was agricultural farming. There was many inner works associated with agricultural farming such as preparing the inputs and applying in the agriculture, watering and planting the seeds. Men in the home will take part the role for outside marketing and selling the crops. Women also involved in the diary making products and assisted in maintenance of the cow and feeding them with the proper care. Besides the agricultural work, they also involve in the home making maintenance. Above all scenarios depicts the common occupations of women in the early 19th century.

The Women empowerment was reflected in this time by the way of relating and linking the purpose of women to help both the country as well her family with the common and essential goal. It was actually the rising alarm of upgrading the social and cultural views of women power helping to overcome the situation when the men found difficult to manage their own home when the economic and political situation of other country which poses the threat of war at all period of time. The moral support as well the normalized and general responsibility of women are clearly explained through the social and cultural views of woman at this time.

As already discussed earlier in this essay, the women are allowed to take part in the war of 1812 as the guiding support the all the military arms men in that critical situation. After this crucial moment of the women, the impact was so high that the women gained extra power to fight against the evil action of men against the women. That is Man habit of drinking beyond the normal level expels him from his duty to save his family. And women also fought against discrimination of women to take finish the basic education and also to acquire skills equal to men gradually in order to stand on their own leg by fulfilling the basic requirements. So the participation of women in war of 1812 has gradually increased the positive impact of women's movement on progress of all the fields where men proves his skills.