movement. According to the National Organization for Women: The suffrage Movement and its Leaders‚ after the speeches were written‚ Susan B. Anthony presented them to the crowds. Together‚ they wrote the first draft of the nineteenth amendment. Lucretia Mott‚ Alice Paul‚ and Carrie Chapman led the National Woman’s Party (NWP) and the National American women’s Suffrage Association (NAWSA) in their massive demonstrations. The women held marches and meetings all over the country‚ in a wide variety of
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Mary Shelley once said‚ "I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves." The Women’s Rights Movement has consumed the nation since the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848‚ where Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott began advocating for women’s suffrage in the United States. Since then‚ the Nineteenth Amendment has passed through Congress and granted women the constitutional right to vote. Despite the achievements of the crusade‚ women continue to face sexual discrimination. In fact
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a female figure unlike no other. Mrs. Stanton was born on November 12‚ 1815 in Johnstown New York. Graduating from the Troy Female Seminary in 1832‚ she progressed into becoming a women rights activist who was also drawn to the abolitionist and temperance movements through visits to the home of her cousin‚ the reformer Gerrit Smith. Her cousin also introduced Mrs. Stanton to a fellow reformer and an agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society and
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During the creation of the United States and separated from the British Empire‚ our founding fathers set forth to come up with a series of laws that promoted common sense and equality. With this in mind they established three important sets of documents that our country would not be the same without them today. They are The Declaration of Independence‚ Bill of Rights and The United States Constitution. However‚ when our fathers first established these laws‚ without giving too much thought compromised
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Representation of the People Act 1918 was passed granting the vote to women who were more than thirty years old‚ and owned houses. In 1928 this was extended to all women over twenty-one. In the United States‚ leaders of this movement included Lucretia Mott‚ Lucy Stone‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ and Susan B. Anthony‚ who fought for the abolition of slavery prior to championing women’s right to vote; all were strongly inspired by the thought of Quakers. American first-wave feminism involved a great deal
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Reform Movements During the 19th Century there were many reform movements that took place. Reform movements were movements that were organized to reform or change the certain way of things. Reform movements did not always work but the ones that did greatly changed the way our nation operates today. There were three major reform movements that have altered the nation; the abolitionist movement‚ the temperance movement and the women ’s suffrage movement. Without these movements‚ and the great leaders
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Married women could not own property‚ had no claim to money they might have earned‚ and no female had the right to vote. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott‚ both activists‚ formed organizations that raised public awareness on women’s rights. Women’s rights awareness movements were launched on a national level in 1848 with the Seneca Falls Convention in New York. Held at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca
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There were many reasons that led up to the American Reform Movement. The Antebellum period was categorized by the rise of abolition‚ which is the act of putting an end to slavery‚ and by the difference of opinions in the idea of abolition. Also‚ the country’s economy began changing due to the North starting to manufacture goods‚ because of the Industrial Revolution. Also‚ the South started to make a huge shift in the economy because of the numerous amounts of cotton that was being introduced. According
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First Feminists: Elizabeth Cady Stanton During the 19th century‚ women’s position in society consisted of being a wife and homemaker. Women weren’t advised to educated themselves or even hold a job. When a woman got married they didn’t have‚ “the right to own their own property‚ keep their own wages‚ or sign a contract. In addition‚ all women were denied the right to vote” (Rights for Women [RFW]‚ 2007). Women gaining the right to vote is otherwise known as Woman Suffrage. “The woman suffrage movement
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It all started in World War 1‚ when women had to step up and do the men’s’ jobs when they were fighting in the war. The jobs included: munition factories‚ political jobs‚ and engineering. However‚ they received lower wages for doing the same work as men. This leads for demands for equal pay. They risked their lives to produce the weapons for the military and many lost their lives. When the war was over and the men came back for their jobs‚ they pulled the women out of the workforce and pushed them
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