Significant changes took place in Ecuador for women after the liberal revolution of 1895. These changes would evolve from 1895 to 1950, but the success of each program created to benefit women varied. These programs varied, ranging from legalizing prostitution to prevent the transmission of venereal disease to educating women in designated roles. Although these programs can be seen as improvements for women, they can also be presented as programs that instill a vision of what women should be. Educational programs for women have allowed them to become midwives or nurses, but they are still seen as caregivers and the legalization of prostitution has made women submissive to men. The programs would not place women on the same level as men because the opportunities they received did not allow them to compete with men. However, this was the beginning of Ecuador's modernization and how different aspects were to develop further until complete equality. With the increase in the spread of venereal diseases, Ecuador considered intimate activities a danger to the state and society. Therefore, state programs were initiated to control this disease problem by regulating prostitution in 1911. The goal of making prostitution legal and regulated meant that it would benefit the health of Ecuadorians, and in 1922, anti-venereal disease services were opened to the general public. With this program, all prostitutes had to be fingerprinted and registered with a photo ID. Registered prostitutes receive free medical services and medications. These women not only received medical services, but also weekly examinations, which they had to present to their clients upon request. However, the reason why mixed race women...... middle of paper ......extreme ridicule: masculine haircut, sunglasses and sneakers. This is the exact opposite of flapper and women's liberation in America. Women cut their hair short, wore boy's clothes and did not fit the traditional role of women. Regardless of their differences, Ecuadorian and American women advocated for improvements in their lives. From 1895 to 1950, women wanted to become more publicly involved in society and this was made easier by the liberation movement. This support for women is visible all over the world, particularly in the United States. Although these programs would not make women equal to men, these programs still gave women more choices. Kim Clark, Gender, State, and Medicine in the Ecuador Highlands: Modernizing Women, Modernizing the State, 1895-1950 (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012), 78.