Women and Politics

The streetlights were on, and we glimpsed Calpurnia's indignant profile as we passed beneath them. "Mister Jem, I thought you was gettin' some kinda head on your shoulders-the very idea, she's you little sister! The very idea, sir! You oughta be perfectly ashamed of yourself- ain't you got any sense at all?" (Lee, 207)

In this quote Jem, and Scout are being taken home from the trial and Cal is livid because they saw the trail but especially because Scout saw it. Even though this was after the right to women's vote there was still a tension and the south was slower to change. Woman weren't huge participants of political matters. There was not a single woman on the jury in the trial. Scout being a female Cal sees it inappropriate for her to watch the matter especially at her age which could be understandable but she doesn't seem to be as upset at the fact that Jem went.

Connecting to this, on March 21,1938   after 15 years the equal rights amendment was announced to a branch of Congress. The amendment basically says that men and woman will have equal rights in the Americas. Alice Paul, who was a a large, public supporter of woman's votes and organized the largest parade at the white house drafted it. This amendment would guarantee protection from discrimination against woman. Even though the women's right to vote was passed in 1920 and the ERA was on the move woman still were not treated fair as you can see in Scouts life.