The speech that I am writing about is The Women’s Right to the Suffrage‚ by Susan B. Anthony. The Central Idea of the speech is In the “Women’s Right to the Suffrage” Anthony persuades us that women are people too and should be treated the same as men (others). The biggest part of the speech that I have chosen is how are people want more of a better union and to keep ourselves safe appoint for the U.S. This main idea helps my central idea by having all of our women having equal rights to vote and
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Susan B. Anthony formed the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1869‚ the same year that Henry Ward Beecher and Lucy Stone formed the American Woman Suffrage Association. Both groups fought for the right to vote until they merged in 1890 and became the National Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Susan B. Anthony was named president and began to lead the movement towards gaining the right to vote. People were opposed giving women the right to vote for many different reasons. Companies that made
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home‚ clean‚ have babies‚ and have supper ready when their “husbands (masters)” walked through the door with an empty stomach. Men were the superior gender‚ and women were simply there to make sure men could carry on their daily lives. When‚ Susan B. Anthony (one of the first suffragettes)‚ got the “crazy” notion to be able to have an opinion on political matters‚ men’s pride was about to pick a fight with one of the strongest forces this world has ever known‚ woman. When first brought to Congress
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The women’s movement has been a long fought battle this assignment helps bring just how long it has been. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony wrote “The Seneca Falls Declaration”. This document was much like the “Declaration of Independence” in which it listed multiple grievances against the government. This was the beginning of the movement and was slow going until 1966. In 1966 Betty Friedan wrote “The National Organization for Women’s Statement of Purpose”. These two documents hold a lot
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agitate‚ educate‚ must be our war cry.” -Susan B. Anthony (Brainyquote.com) American women deserved the vote earlier than August 18th‚ 1920 for three reasons: they had worked and fought for it for a long time; other countries had already given women the right to vote; and women should have equal rights per the Bible and American Constitution and Declaration of Independence. Powerful suffragettes like Alice Paul‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ and Susan B. Anthony had been working hard for the vote for a
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manner. And an example of following this statement is the using the act of civil disobedience. Civil disobedience is the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines‚ as a peaceful form of political protest. However‚ some argue that civil disobedience this is an ineffective way to change laws and/or make social change‚ but when you look at the facts‚ civil disobedience is clearly effective. Civil disobedience is effective for many reasons‚ few are such as there is no violence on one
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Thoreau’s "Civil Disobedience" Major Themes Civil Government and Higher Law. In Civil Disobedience‚ Thoreau’s basic premise is that a higher law than civil law demands the obedience of the individual. Human law and government are subordinate. In cases where the two are at odds with one another‚ the individual must follow his conscience and‚ if necessary‚ disregard human law. Thoreau prepared his lecture and essay on resistance to civil government in response to a specific eventthe Mexican War
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Since the 1800’s‚ civil disobedience has been used by the people to peacefully oppose laws and fight the government. Civil disobedience—when used in it’s true form (which is to be peaceful and willingly accept punishment after purposely breaking a law)—does not create violence or undermine the government. Instead‚ it brings negative light to the law itself and allows the government and the people to evaluate it and make their own decisions upon whether or not they agree with the civil disobedient who
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contributions. One woman at the forefront of the fight‚ Susan B. Anthony‚ founded many organizations and travelled around the country giving speeches to support the women’s suffrage movement in the 19th century. Her diligence and dedication led to the passing of the nineteenth amendment in 1919‚ giving women the right to vote. She also fought for the rights of union workers and overall equality. Due to her tireless efforts‚ Susan B. Anthony established herself as a women’s rights advocate and opened
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Civil disobedience is defined as a rising up against an established law in order to expose the lack of morality in the law. In Antigone it is clear that what the king was trying to do was unjust and unfair. Antigone was arrested for burying Polynices‚ her brother‚ after the king refused to bury him. If Eteocles‚ her other brother‚ could be buried with full military honors‚ then why could they not do the same for Polynices. Similarly in 1872 a woman named Susan B. Anthony was arrested because she
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