Before the 1920s women had very few rights in politics, education, sports and fashion. Suffragettes long fought against those who said they would never get what they wanted. In this essay we will also link to The Great Gatsby to see how F. Scott Fitzgerald showed examples of the struggles women faced when they were emerging into the world. The greatest right that many women fought for was the right to vote. Men believed that women were too emotional and ignorant. Women back then were much stronger than men thought. They cared for each other during childbirth and sickness... toiled from dawn to dusk... and cared for the land that the men had cleared" without any appreciation from the men for the hard work that they carried out (a century of struggle). Had there been a sense of weakness, they would have stopped abolitionist movement that women first learned to organize [and] hold public meetings” (century of struggle). “The vote for women was first seriously proposed in the United States in July 1848 at the rights convention Seneca Falls woman organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott." (womenshistory). This was the beginning of the struggle for women to become equal to men. “In the war, women [were] the most silent victims.” This quote was very true regarding women (women's history). During the war it was obvious that men were victims considering that men actually had to go to war and die for their country but women were still at home and treated cruelly all over the world with no choice. “Women began to work in factories to support the war and to act more… middle of paper… laughter, her gestures, her statements became more violently influenced moment by moment and as she as she expanded, the room around her shrank until she seemed to spin on a noisy, creaking pivot in the smoky air” (Fitzgerald 35). Myrtle represents women's "need" to be known to have money and wealth in order to be much more popular. Myrtle wears the dress to disguise her current status and act as if she is part of the rich, but in reality she is poor and naive, but the transformation of the dress turns her into rich and conceited. In conclusion, Fitzgerald did an amazing job of portraying all aspects of life in the 1920s in his book through his characters. Women have truly made a change not only in their era, but in today's society. Women are more willing to do what they want without any restrictions that limit their potential.