Dbq Women's Equality

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal” in the eyes of their creator declared by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a civil rights and women’s right suffrage activist. Therefore they should automatically possess inalienable rights such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and within this the right to vote. However, be that as it may, it did not come naturally as women had to fight for a century in order to gain their human rights embodied in the 19th amendment. Initiating the era of women’s rights movement, holding the nation's government accountable to the ideals which won the independence of America, the Constitution. The establishment of the first women’s rights convention, Seneca Falls, on July
Thus fighting the stereotypes thought of them by the government system run by men rather than conforming and being forced to accept their assigned role in society. Consequently, with the persistent peaceful protests exhibited by Elizabeth Stanton's followers, women succeeded in the ratification of the 19th amendment, the right to vote regardless of sex, on August 26, 1920. Without the freedom of speech, American citizens such as women during the civil war era would not have been able to express their discontentment due to their inability to vote. Hence why the government should not place restrictions on freedom of speech whether it be through words or actions. For if America attaches restrictions to speech, a fundamental building block, the possibility of perishing an aspect of our identity is massive including progression among the nation’s
Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old juvenile, was shot in the torso by belligerent Officers Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback. His crime, playing with a black toy gun, airsoft pistol, at the city park. Without any informational background, these law enforcers shot within 2 seconds of arriving. Although both claimed to tell Tamir to “put your weapon down” three times, during the trial it was proven as false, for they only commented once before shooting two bullets killing Rice on November 22, 2014. With no evidence supporting the shooting officers were bound to be fired and indicted, however, a grand jury extenuated these dangerous men free of charge. Thus why major African Americans still feel oppressed and advocate their resentment with the slogan “black lives matter”, although certain individuals choose to be ignorant of the past and present problems surrounding true equality. Therefore if the government were to place restrictions on a limited form of free speech America as a nation would withhold each individual's opinions for a brief period of time before swelling up and exploding with