How Does Gender Affect the Teaching Profession

 Gender stereotypes have a major impact on our society today, especially in schools. In Teacher Wars, chapter two; Repressed indignation was based off of Susan B Anthony who was a woman’s right activist. She accomplished anti-slavery that abolished slavery, leader of the American equal rights association, and founded the national woman suffrage association, she brought attention to the issue of women’s suffrage and way many more significant turnings points of the United States.

She was a top leader in the women’s suffrage movement, which led to the nineteenth amendment which allowed women the right to finally vote. She also fought for equal rights between men and women. In chapter two, Anthony took her teaching job seriously, but had resented her male colleagues due to her earning less than them doing the exact same job. However, “her gender disqualified her for a larger role at the school it was unthinkable that a woman would supervise men.” Considering that gender played a huge role back then and how teachers couldn’t be hired if they were married or have children, and that women were only mean to be housewives and cater to their families or have jobs that are more ‘feminine’.  Equal pay for men and women stirred up a lot of tension, that’s when the Declaration of Sentiments came through. The Declaration of Sentiments was written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, it conveyed that both genders are presented to gender equality of men and women for unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Gender in teaching has changed drastically from men to mostly made up of all women. All thanks to many of former women activists that believed in themselves.