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e was not a right inherent in the national citizenship. In fact women were legally barred from voting in national elections until the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1920. Today, thousands of women serve as mayors of cities and towns across the U.S., and tens of thousands hold responsible administrative posts in the federal government. In 2001, 22% of legislators were women. The year 2006 can be viewed as American women’s politic year. Women from the Democratic Party were so bright in the past American mid-term elections. They helped the Democratic Party to get dominations of Congress. Pelosi was going to be the Speaker of Houses of Representatives and this was the first female Speaker in the U.S.A; Hillary, wife of the former President Clinton, won 70% votes and she will continue to be the senator of New York City. Let us take Rice as an addition, the Secretary of the State from the Republican; those three women are brisk in the peak of the American politics. And the number of female candidates of Houses of Representatives congress is 2468. There are 10 states that women are voted as candidates of governors in the country. According to the vote proportion, women’s is higher than the average of this nation. All the data shows, now, American women pay much attention to the politics, and participate in it positively than ever before. And they win and get more in this field. C. Economy Back in 1990 , only 1/4 of U.S.women were in the labor force. In 2000, 60% of women aged sixteen and over worked for income, and 3/4 of women worked full time. The traditional view that earning an income is a man’s role no longer holds true. Moreover, we can see a fine trend toward greater gender equality. In 1977 , 65 % of all adults endorsed the statement “It is much better for every one involved if the man is the achiever outside the home and the woman takes care of the home and family. ”By 2001, however, support for this statement had dropped shapely to 39 %. (NORC, 2001:266) According to a recent report, more and more women operate their own companies. In the U.S. 1/3 medium and small-sized enterprises are run by females. There is an investigation showing that companies owned by females increase at 45%. From 1990 to the year 2000, the proportion of females’ companies was 40% of the whole companies in the U.S. Those data shows us clearly about American women’s great achievements in this field. Ⅱ. Why Can They Make Great Progress? The change is remarkable. A century and a half ago, women occupied a position of striking subordination. Husbands controlled property of wives, and laws barred women from most jobs. The movement toward equality has surged ahead. Two-thirds of people entering the work force during the 1990s were women. And the economy of the new century depends on the earning of women. Why can they make great progress? This is the next question to be discussed. A. Exterior Causes 1. Development of Capitalist Productive Force By the mid-eighteenth century, a second technological revolution was underway, first in England and then in North America. The development of industry brought greater changes than agriculture did. At the very beginning of the foundation of capitalist production relations, women in lower ranks were greatly needed as labor force. And women going out from their houses for their families were poor so they must work to support the family. At that moment, specialization, the product of Industri