The great leaders of yesterday and today have proved to be very influential throughout history. A leader can be defined simply as someone who rises up and creates a path for those who cannot do it themselves. Samuel Adams led the United States through the process of gaining the new country an identity. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. guided the black community through southern racism‚ and is responsible for the advancement of civil rights in the twentieth century. Susan B. Anthony was the head of the
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Women had to endure and go through many struggles in order to gain freedoms that were automatically given to free‚ white men. The journey to gain these rights was difficult and took many years to complete. Women had to prove that were “worthy” enough to vote and have the rights of men. After years of these difficulties‚ women were finally granted the ninth amendment: the right to vote. The country can never forget how it came to be‚ however. During much of the 1800s and in the beginning of the 1900s
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Simply by turning on the the news‚ on can see that the fight for women’s rights rages on: women do not have equal working conditions‚ rights to their own bodies‚ or foreign voting rights. Yet‚ the fight for women’s equality all began over a century ago with the push for women’s suffrage. In Carrie Chapman Catt’s era‚ the fight women’s suffrage had been around for almost seventy years‚ but still women could not vote. In Catt’s speech The Crisis‚ she argues that the time for action is now‚ so they
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Women’s suffrage was one of the most important issues the United States had in the 20th century. It included women’s revolution to gain their rights‚ where they fought hard for a good purpose‚ but the most important was the end of slavery. This battle caused the loss of human’s life for some and incarceration for others. This tragedy would have never happened if and only if women had an important voice in the society‚ had the right to work‚ and the right to vote. However‚ if women’s voices
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The Ratification of The Equal rights Amendment Throughout American history men oppressed women mentally‚ physically‚ and politically. By 1920‚ women got the right to vote under the 19th amendment. After women gained suffrage‚ Alice Paul an American suffragist‚ wrote the Equal Rights Amendment. Ultimately‚ the Equal Rights Amendment‚ which would have boosted gender equality‚ was not ratified because of the conservatives and the male domination of the State Legislature. The original seven-year
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My favorite person from American history is Eleanor Roosevelt. She was born in New York City on October 11th‚ 1884 and died on November 7th‚ 1962 at the age of 78. In 1905‚ Eleanor married her distant cousin‚ Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ who would later become president. While he was president‚ he suffered from a polio attack and Roosevelt stepped in and helped him with his political career as the First Lady. Roosevelt changed how America viewed the First Lady. She was the first First Lady to attend rallies
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Obtaining the right to vote was the one of many goals that women had during the suffrage movement. After that‚ the right for equality was established and then the right to own property‚ but this couldn’t have been established without the amendment. When the 19th amendment passed‚ it was one of the most important acts for millions of women around the world who fought for their right to vote‚ and right to be heard. Before that vote‚ women didn’t have anyone but their husbands and other men to speak
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The Modern Day Feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie‚ a powerful leader in the modern day feminist movement‚ once said in a speech presented at TEDxEuston‚ We Should All Be Feminists‚ “Some people ask: ‘Why the word feminist? Why not just say you are a believer in human rights‚ or something like that?’ Because that would be dishonest. Feminism is‚ of course‚ part of human rights in general—but to choose to use the vague expression human rights is to deny the specific and particular problem of gender
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The word enlightenment is a very broad word that usually means‚ ‘happiness‚ truth‚ reaching full potential’. However‚ it turns out new knowledge doesn’t come easily without the pains‚ rupture‚ awkwardness‚ and estrangements that come when seeking superiority. There are two main pieces‚ “Allegory of the Cave” by Plato and “Learning to Read” by Frederick Douglass‚ that describe how overcoming obstacles and hardships of losing love ones will come when reaching towards enlightenment. These difficulties
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The Delusional Incident “The Story of an Hour” (1894) is a story which can be easily relatable in that era. This era was trying to up bring women’s power and influence the society to change from a traditional mentality to a new era of women’s life‚ the people of the U.S. started to take actions against women’s suffrage. The movements of these activities led many women to encourage and become an independent female. In “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin was trying to highlights important morals for
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