The Nineteenth Amendment, according to many women would bring booth social and economic equality to both women and men. Before the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, women did not have the right to vote and to participate of the political. The Women’s suffrage gave the women more confidence and independence in society because of the right to vote. In today's society, the women play an important role in society and hold important positions as well as men. The Nineteenth Amendment changed the vision of the women, and their interaction in society and economy.…
The 19th amendment was one of the most important times where big changes happen in history for the millions of woman who fought for their rights to vote. Before, they had no self-representation other than from their husbands and fathers, until 1920 when the 19th amendment was approved. Its a time where a big change will happen in women's history for their political and social rights that have led to the women who are in power today.…
The Nineteenth Amendment gives all women the right to vote in the United States and all of society. Amendments III and XIII give equality in the United States because the Third Amendment makes sure that a soldier cannot take over a person’s house without their permission. The Thirteenth Amendment stops a lighter man from making a darker man a slave. Amendments II and XV are some Amendments that people would think do not give equality, but they are wrong because the Second Amendment makes sure if you are over the age of 18 you can have a weapon to protect yourself unless you are a felon. The Fifteenth Amendment allows all men to vote no matter what skin tone, race, or religion in all society. With all that being said, the Constitution does give for equality in the United States and the…
Women could vote at last: The 19th Amendment to the Constitution had guaranteed this right…
As a Seventeen year old boy and a girl we’ve seen many strange things in this world. The Women Suffrage come about men doing responsibilities at home which made us do research on how and why did this event occurred. Although as a Seventeen year old boy believe that Women Suffrage was a good artifact and conflict during the 1800’s. As a Seventeen year old many rights came about our things to vote, to earn more like men do. To choice our topic we felt that women rights would be a good topic to conduct a research. Both of us believe in this is a strong subject that may be brought up as a conflict. There is always conflict with men and women about any type of subjects. Even with partners as a boy and girl there are disagreements in between.…
In 1830 the “Moral reform” was known to abolish prostitution, licentiousness and sexual double standards. Men and women agreed with moral reform that were from New England. The moral reform was a movement started by women and it focus on sexuality. Has the reform started to grow the more people was aware about the movement. There was another movement started by the women known as “Women's Antislavery Movement” it has evolved around the moral movement.…
Women have been at an unfair disadvantage in society dating all the way back to the early 19th century. In the 19th century, women did not have suffrage and could not own property if they were married. Nevertheless, single women could own property, but were seen as mistresses or not pure. Divorce also could not be achieved by women without their husbands. Married women that wanted a divorce had to be divorced by their husbands not the other way around.…
During this time, many brilliant leaders sprang out, like Sojourner Truth who declared equality of the sexes; Susan B Anthony, who was like a master soul and led the women to get their rights. In addition, the unprecedented campaign had proceeded for 72 years until a profound amendment was enacted, the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed woman the suffrage legally and impact this country until now. In 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified. It was a great success during the movement of women’s equal rights. However, someone may wonder that if many states had already given women the suffrage before the 1920, why…
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…
Women had it difficult from the middle of the 1800s to early 1900s. There was a difference of the treatment compared of the woman to the men. Women barely had any rights compared to now. Women were not even allowed to vote until August 18th, 1920. They were also not even allowed to attend universities to study things as a career of jobs such as law, nursing, and many more.…
Women had it difficult in the mid-1800s to early 1900s. There was a difference in the treatment of men and women. For example: <br><li>Married women were legally dead in the eyes of the law<br><li>Women were not allowed to vote<br><li>Women had to submit to laws when they had no voice in their formation<br><li>Married women had no property rights<br><li>Women were not allowed to enter professions such as medicine or law<br><li>Women had no means to gain an education since no college or university would accept women students<br><li>With only a few exceptions<br><li>Women were not allowed to participate in the affairs of the church<br><li>Women were robbed of their self-confidence and self-respect<br><li>Were made totally dependent on men.<br><br>Then the first Women's Rights Convention was held on July 19 and 20 in 1848.…
Women’s rights in the mid-1800s, were little to none. They were not allowed to hold office, have a wage, or own their own land once they were married. One of the most effective women in women’s rights leaders was a slave, Sojourner Truth, she knew she had just as much muscle as any man had and could do anything that a man could. Truth was one person who pushed for women’s rights. Another reform that helped seek equal rights for women was the Seneca Falls convention, this was a successful movement towards women’s rights, although it was very time consuming and took several years to finally reach their goal. Numerous other women and men that took several steps toward helping push the need for women’s rights act by establishing schools and helping…
The Women’s Right to Vote amendment was passed and implemented about 100 years ago. The fight to get this passed was definitely not an easy one. It required time, determination, and most importantly, unity. Unity with all women to fight for what they deserved. It was a fight for political representation.…
“This amendment was presented by Susan B. Anthony and her successors to forty consecutive sessions of Congress. It repeatedly failed to pass. National attention and support came to the movement when Anthony was arrested and tried for voting in the 1872 presidential election.” (House) In 1878 the 19th Amendment was finally passed by Congress, and was finally ratified in August of 1920. This Amendment secured the right for women to vote. But they were not out of the woods yet. Nine states adopted the amendment by 1919, and other states took the Amendment into the court to fight against it. “Militant suffragists used tactics such as parades, silent vigils, and hunger strikes. Often supporters met fierce resistance. Opponents heckled, jailed, and sometimes physically abused them.” (Administration) The House of Representatives and the Senate passed the Amendment in 1919, changing the way that the American people vote…
Suffrage is the right to vote in political affairs. Only recently did women receive the right to vote in the United States. From the earliest civilizations, the women have been confined to working at home and and have been thought of “inferior” to men. Therefore, before modern-day, women were unable to enjoy the same rights as men. Not even one-hundred years has gone by since the nineteenth amendment was passed, giving the vote to women. The event that spurred such an amendment to being pushed was the women’s rights movement starting in 1848. Some of the more influential women’s rights activists during the movement include Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, Jane Addams, Madam C.J. Walker, and Dorothy Height.…