while gaining significant publicity for their cause. The movement of women into the public and political spheres had been gaining in momentum and popularity since the mid-19th century. Women demanded suffrage as early as 1848. The Seneca Falls convention brought together 200 women and 40 men‚ including feminists Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott‚ to make the claim for full citizenship. The delegates believed women to be citizens not limited in any way to their roles as wives or mothers. In
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19th century and carried on until the early 20th century the main focus of the movement was to give women more of a voice in the world and to end suffrage and give women the right to vote. It was first recognized as a movement at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 were people like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth had a massive impact in the movement. Martha Rampton a professor of history and director of the Center for Gender Equity at Pacific University‚ writes about the four waves of feminism
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TERMS AND CONCEPTS: 1. Sex and Gender What do they mean‚ what are the differences between the two? Gender is a social construction. Sex refers to biological differences that are unchanging; gender involves the meaning that a particular society and culture attach to sexual difference. Because the meaning varies over time and among cultures‚ gender differences are both socially constructed and subject to change. Male/Female (sex) vs. Masculine/Feminine (gender). 2. Race and Class Issues
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Mary Wollstonecraft. In the United States the first definitive position on women’s rights—now intermingled with antislavery issues—was taken in 1848 under the leadership of Elizabeth Cady Stanton at the Women’s Rights Convention at Seneca Falls‚ N.Y. (see Seneca Falls Convention). In 1850 the National Women’s
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In the period from 1825-1850‚ a majority of the reform movements in the United States sought to expand democratic ideals. However‚ some did so indirectly and unintentionally. The reform movements were spurred by the Second Great Awakening‚ which began in New England in the late 1790’s‚ and would eventually spread throughout the country. The Second GA differed from the First in that people were now believed to be able to choose whether or not to believe in God‚ as opposed to previous ideals based
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The best interest principle was introduced as a way of making a distinction between the mother and the child and of recognising the child as an independent individual. It was applied way before it was incorporated in the various international conventions but was first spelt out in the Declaration of the Rights of the Child in the following terms: “The child shall enjoy special protection‚ and shall be given opportunities and facilities‚ by law and by other means‚ to enable him to develop physically
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America was expanding in the early 1800s‚ politically‚ economically‚ and socially. Many movements occurred during this time‚ particularly from 1825 to 1850‚ aimed to better laws‚ institutions‚ and society and to spread democracy overall. Although the religious‚ penal‚ education‚ and feminist reform movements in the United States sought to expand democratic ideals‚ the temperance and abolitionist reform movements ended up limiting democracy. The religious‚ penal‚ education‚ and feminist reform movements
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“The Declaration of Sentiments” The Seneca Falls convention lasted two days‚ July 19 and 20‚ 1848. It was written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ sentiments mean “a view of or attitude toward a situation or event” basically an opinion about something. This (historical document) was interesting to read about the things women weren’t loud to do. I enjoyed reading all the resolutions‚ so many problems resolved. The right of any citizen of the United States to vote male or female law was passed January 16th
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In the midst of the nineteenth century‚ women were viewed as homemakers and considered “second class citizens”.1 They were also fighting for their independence and their rights as human beings. They were considered “second class citizens”.2 It was not popular for women to get an education and go to school nor for them to have a job leaving them to just be at home‚ but there were maids for cleaning and cooking and nanny’s for taking care of the children so women had no sort of role in society. Women’s
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exposure. Mr. Obama’s absolutist position against it is backed up by international law and the United Nations. The 1925 Geneva Protocol prohibits the use of chemical and biological weapons in war. this was reinforced by the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention‚ which aimed to eliminate an entire category of weapons of mass destruction‚ and forced countries involved to destroy all of their production facilities. Only five of the world’s countries did not sign the pledge: North Korea‚ Egypt‚ South Sudan
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