The idealized 19th century American Dream is a two-story house that housed two children, their parents, a cat, and a dog with a car or two sitting in front and reliable jobs for one or both parents. This lifestyle required a larger income for many families, and when the second parent went to work it became apparent that a man trying to support his family alone in the 19th and 20th centuries could do so much more easily than a woman. Laws were passed, movements occurred, women protested for equal pay, equal hours, equal opportunities. They succeeded. However, the question becomes: were they successful enough? Is it enough to be able to legally obtain almost all the positions a man does even if not that many women take advantage of these opportunities? Is it enough that women can achieve the career goals they want without limitations if they have the drive to succeed? In the past women had limited career options, but in 21st century America this is not true as it is only a woman's abilities that limit her career opportunities. Lucy Stone's speech "Disappointment is the lot of women", delivered in 1848, set the tone as the fight for women's rights was beginning and women had very limited rights. Stone logically argued that it was practical for women to have more rights in the workforce. At that time women could only be teachers, seamstresses and housekeepers and at best these jobs paid 14 cents a day which, taking inflation into account, is less than half of today's hourly minimum wage. (“CPI”) In his speech Stone uses the wages of a woman who is unable to support a person to make the point: “The woman must marry for a house, and you men suffer for it; for a woman who hates you might marry you because... middle of paper......s.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/education/cb11-72.html>.Stone, Lucy. "Disappointment is the lot of women." Speech. Convention on Women's Rights. Seneca falls. October 17 or 18, 1855. Bpi.org. Baltimore Polytechnic Institute. Network. March 1, 2014. Taylor, Paul, Wendy Wang, and Kim Parker. "Breadwinner mothers". Pew Research Social and Demographic Trends. Np, 29 May 2013. Web. 17 February 2014. "Women in construction". Safety and health topics. U.S. Department of Labor, n.d. Web. 17 February 2014. “Timeline of Women's Rights.” Annenbergclassroom.org. Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics, nd Web. 17 February. 2014.