9% of the country’s top business leaders and national newspaper editors are women. But women account for 45% of the workforce and 30% of managers.…
On August 18, 1920 the 19th amendment was ratified. Many women and men spend countless hours striving toward equal citizenship and the right to vote. There are a few women who did much more than anybody would have expected. Some of these women might even sound familiar. The main leader was Susan B. Anthony, along with a few others, Elizabeth Stanton, and Alice Paul. Without their great leadership we wouldn't have the right to vote today, as women.("History of Women's...")…
Of course from the start of America there were women that wanted the right to vote. America in its youth was quite sexist, and believed that woman were at their best when they were serving their husbands and their families. Of course throughout history women had done brilliant things, but they had never had an opportunity to stop men from putting them down. Now in America equality was promised and women began to realize that they had a platform in the Declaration of Independence that supported them. The start of the movement is credited to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who in 1848, presented at a convention in Seneca Falls. The main point that came out of the convention was that American woman were intelligent individuals who deserved the right to vote. As the movement progressed, more and more women got on board, and the main document that they could use as leverage to vote was the Declaration of Independence. The declaration promised equality for all, yet women did not receive this equality. The movement and its major actors argued that women share the same humanity as men, thus they should receive the same unalienable rights. These unalienable rights say that no one person should rule over another, yet in this case, men were ruling over women. With the ability to vote, men held the power to influence the direction and goals of the nation, and who its leaders would be, while women had to accept whatever choices the men made. Ultimately, the 19th amendment was formed which gave all persons in America, no matter gender, the right to…
On March 3rd, 1907, Alice Paul and several of her colleagues marched down the streets of Pennsylvania with signs that read, “Mr. President, how long must women wait to get their liberty? Let us have the rights we deserve.” This was only one of the many marches and protests that was held in support of women’s suffrage rights. (2) After many years of protesting, petitioning and parading, the 19th amendment was finally added to the constitution on June 18th, 1920, officially granting women the right to vote. Then, in 1922, a group of men in Maryland once again tried to take away our rights, suing the state for allowing women to vote (ie.…
"Gradually, Americans came to accept some of the basic goals of the Sixties feminists: equal pay for equal work, an end to domestic violence, curtailment of severe limits on women in managerial jobs, an end to sexual harassment, and sharing of responsibility for housework and child rearing." (Walsh, 2010) The women's suffrage movement, which lasting from 1848 until 1920 greatly expanded rights for women in later years in many aspects. There were mainly four aspects: 1.Women's political involvement; 2.Women were elected to political office in record numbers; 3.More social welfare for women; 4.women were granted by legislation of all races equal rights socially, politically and economically with men. (Lee,…
Up until 1920, the right for women to vote was up in arms. Men didn't want women to vote because they saw women as the family care taker and they believed politics wasn't a problem that women needed to deal with. From 1848 to 1920, women fought back with Women's Suffrage Movements throughout the country. With continuous parades, speeches, and picketing attempts, the American Woman Suffrage Association proved to men that women can pull political weight. This led to the passing of the 19th amendment, which granted women the right to vote.…
6. Read the information labeled “Limit These Nutrients.” Why is it important to limit Trans fats and Saturated fats? too much will risk certain chronic deceases, like heart disease, some cancers or high blood pressure.…
The American movement for women’s liberation and rights was undoubtedly the most progressive in the decades that followed the Second World War. The second wave of feminism that ensued in the 1960s and 70s redirected the goals and ambitions in the fight for gender equality in many aspects. This new wave of liberal reform allowed women to break free from the domestic sphere from the conservative restraints of the 1950s, which have traditionally limited a women’s access to the same political, economic, and educational rights as men. While the fight for women’s equality started to make real headway post World War II, the fight for women’s rights has existed long before then. This can be seen in the Antebellum reforms or the first wave of feminism from the early 19th century to the early 20th century.…
In the 1600’s, when the women's holocaust was in full effect, women were stripped of their basic rights. Their decisions were made by their husbands. Legally woman were men’s property, could not vote, hold office, enter a professional occupation, attend college or gain custody of their children after a divorce (The Women are Angry). Skip forward about 400 years later and now women have gained many more rights and independence. Women can now vote, hold office, have reproductive rights and attend college. In 1981, Sandra Day O’Connor was appointed a Supreme Court Justice. Hillary Clinton, wife of our 42nd President, Bill Clinton, has served as a senator and today she is Secretary of State. Unfortunately, women still fight for equal representation and pay in all fields, from government to science, math, and other professional careers. Women's rights have overcome a lot of challenges but there's more progress to be made.…
Do you know what women had to go through to get the right to vote? It was a long and tough battle known as the women’s suffrage movement. It took a long time, but the women won the battle! Leaders like Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone and many more are behind this victory. One of Susan B. Anthony’s quote is “No genuine equality, no real freedom, no true manhood or womanhood can exist on any foundation save that of pecuniary independence.” The 19th Amendment declared the right for women to vote, after a long battle know as the Women’s Suffrage movement and the Women’s Suffrage Movement had many effects on America.…
“The women’s liberation movement raised the hopes and expectations of a generation of women. This movement challenged the prevailing notion that women were supposed to spend their entire lives engaged in housework and raising children” (Roesch). The women’s liberation movement from 1960-1980 changed the US forever. During the movement many new laws were formed to help women reach parity with men. The women’s liberation movement altered people’s ideas about the role of women in society on a mass scale (Roesch). Many women did not like the expectation that they were to take care of the children and the house, while the men were expected to earn the money to pay the bills. Some women felt mistreated by men, so they protested for equality which would change the view of women. The US women’s liberation movement of the 1960-1970’s affected the educational system, the work force, and men’s role in society.…
In 2005, it was the 85th anniversary of the nineteenth Amendment; the right to vote for American women, whether black, or white. While Abigail Adams quoted “Remember the ladies,” on 1776 in her letter to her husband, John Adams, it was also the same year that the Declaration of Independence was written with the words “all men are created equal.” Women’s suffrage began during the early twentieth century and it was disrupted during the American Civil War between the North and the South in 1861 to1865.…
There were several key reasons why women were not given the right to vote when our founding fathers wrote the Constitution. The emphasis at the time was based on property not the pursuit of happiness, the wording was not meant for citizens but for persons, there was a strong link between those who armed themselves to fight for the United States should be the ones allowed to vote, and during this time period it was felt that politics should be reserved for men. A strong cultural belief such as this does not change easily; it would certainly take at least a generation to pass before the next generation would start looking at things in a new light. Also, during this time period everything was dominated by men. Men ran the households, and then ran the church, they handled the business and government and women were expecting to take care of the household and raise children. It would be many years before any type of consideration towards woman suffrage would even be taken seriously.…
A woman in the 1920’s had experienced many different societies and faces of the U.S. Following the First World War, social issues gained more recognition and the nineteenth amendment granted women the right to vote in 1920. This changed the way women were viewed and the way they viewed themselves. In America, a Narrative History by David E. Shi and George Brown Tindall, the history of the nineteen-twenties in the U.S. make it clear that this era brought about a new generation of American women. This new generation was coined “the new women”. During the roaring twenties, women freely expressed their independence through fashion, music, and parties,…
A. Residual Message: High school uniforms are a good idea that promotes student equality and eliminates distraction.…