Essay On Women's Suffrage
This research paper is going to be about women’s rights, and women’s suffrage. I’m going to talk about the history of women’s rights, how women’s suffrage is today, and what women are doing to stop it. The topic of women’s suffrage has always been important. It is one of the most talked about topics today.
How did women’s suffrage start? Women were not allowed to vote. In 1870, the 15th amendment was passed, which allowed African men to have the right to vote. Women had realized that it was unfair for slaves to be able to vote, and not women. It specifically caught the attention of, Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Later, in 1848 the Seneca Falls Convention was held. The convention was held by, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The convention was about women’s rights. Women were inspired to change the way they were treated. After the convention, many other conventions about women’s suffrage were held. This was just the beginning of the Women’s Rights Movements. Later, in the early 1900s, in Kansas, the Alaska Territory, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Indiana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and many more extended voting rights to women. Then, in 1920, …show more content…
Women’s suffrage is not as bad as it use to be but, there are still ways women are treated different than men. Women make 16% less than their male coworkers. Even though 16% is not that much, women would have to work an extra 40 days to make as much as a male does. And for colored women such as African American, and Hispanic, they would have to work 19 months to make what a white male would make in a year. One major one us women face when we are young is, inequality in sports. About 28% of the nation's schools have larger gender inequality sports. How does this affect the average female? As a young female, I feel that is is very unfair. We deserve equality. We should be treated with respect, and we should be treated the same as a male would be
How did women’s suffrage start? Women were not allowed to vote. In 1870, the 15th amendment was passed, which allowed African men to have the right to vote. Women had realized that it was unfair for slaves to be able to vote, and not women. It specifically caught the attention of, Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Later, in 1848 the Seneca Falls Convention was held. The convention was held by, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The convention was about women’s rights. Women were inspired to change the way they were treated. After the convention, many other conventions about women’s suffrage were held. This was just the beginning of the Women’s Rights Movements. Later, in the early 1900s, in Kansas, the Alaska Territory, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Indiana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and many more extended voting rights to women. Then, in 1920, …show more content…
Women’s suffrage is not as bad as it use to be but, there are still ways women are treated different than men. Women make 16% less than their male coworkers. Even though 16% is not that much, women would have to work an extra 40 days to make as much as a male does. And for colored women such as African American, and Hispanic, they would have to work 19 months to make what a white male would make in a year. One major one us women face when we are young is, inequality in sports. About 28% of the nation's schools have larger gender inequality sports. How does this affect the average female? As a young female, I feel that is is very unfair. We deserve equality. We should be treated with respect, and we should be treated the same as a male would be