The Women's Rights Movement In The United States

The Women’s Rights Movement
Today we see that any women can be the head of a motor company, the secretary of state, maybe even become the president of the United States. For decades it was almost inconceivable for most women to achieve any of these important accomplishments. Women have been trying to gain the rights that men have had since the 1840s (Mass 6). The Women’s Rights Movement was also accepted as feminism, which was the most important event in history for the millions of women who fought for their great success in reaching their equivalent rights and respect they deserved from many individuals, especially men and women who were not in favor of the movement.
Before the 20th century women were considered to be property of their husbands.
Their social and political rights have guided the women to be who they are today. The Women’s Rights Movement brought together courageous and extraordinary women such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Sojourner Truth and many more. All of these women worked tirelessly to bring the freedom that every woman, young or old in America deserves. They all traveled the country lecturing and organizing convections to bring together thousands of women in the country for an important purpose for more than forty years. Women from all over the country began to agree with these amazing female activists and came together to for the biggest movement in history. Sadly not all of them were able to see the Women’s Right’s Movement
Women continued to push for equal rights. Over the past century women in the United States have made great improvements in the fight to gain economic, social and political equality. Women have gained the right to vote, expand their educational opportunities, given more job opportunities and obtain equal pay in most of their desired careers. Most importantly, women gained the respect of many individuals (Easton 12). Greater economic opportunities have opened up for women and women more options and choices in life than they did before (12). Achieving these great accomplishments were an enormous step for all women who demonstrated to society that women are capable of fighting and believing in themselves. Women never give up on their dreams. They are willing to go against and opposing beliefs that stand against their equal rights. The women of the past stood up for the women of the future, doing things that women had dreamt of doing for decades. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has” (Meads 8). Those were the words that Margaret Meads, an American cultural anthropologist said after a lifetime of fighting for the rights that women