most important workers for women’s suffrage and women’s rights. When the Bible was quoted to her‚ defending the positions of men and women‚ she declared that when she grew up‚ she’d learn Greek and Hebrew so she could correct the mistranslation that she was sure was behind these verses (Lewis) Doing so she showed the translations were unfair to women. Because her father couldnt support her education‚ she saved her own money to go to college and was the first woman in Massuchussetts to graduate‚ proving
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Catalysts in the Women’s Suffrage Movement There were particular women who worked tirelessly throughout their lives to obtain the right for women to vote‚ and they became some of the most important catalysts involved in the fight for the women’s suffrage from 1848 to 1920. Alice Paul was an American suffragist‚ women’s rights activist‚ and the main leader of the campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment which was ratified in 1920. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were earlier social reformers
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women’s suffrage movement. It took a long time‚ but the women won the battle! Leaders like Susan B. Anthony‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ Lucy Stone and many more are behind this victory. One of Susan B. Anthony’s quote is “No genuine equality‚ no real freedom‚ no true manhood or womanhood can exist on any foundation save that of pecuniary independence.” The 19th Amendment declared the right for women to vote‚ after a long battle know as the Women’s Suffrage movement and the Women’s Suffrage Movement
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on the American silver dollar. Anthony is known for her role in the foundation of the National American Woman Suffrage Association‚ or NAWSA‚ an organization that she eventually became the second president of. Born in 1820‚ she grew up in a Quaker family‚ her ideals grounded in the belief that women‚ in all aspects‚ should be equal to men. In 1853‚ she joined a campaign to extend women’s property rights‚ but after the Civil War‚ she refused to support any amendments giving African-Americans the right
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American Woman Brenda R. Dople HIS 204: American History Since 1865 Timothy Smith October 7‚ 2012 As a woman myself‚ it is hard to imagine a time when I would not have been allowed to attend college‚ let alone be writing this paper. As children most of us heard stories from our grandparent’s about what life was like they were young. I can remember laughing at the thought of “walking up hill both ways” to get to school. With the liberties American Women have today‚ it is easy to take for granted
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Constitution granted women the right to vote. This right was known as “woman suffrage.” Before the amendment‚ women did not have the same rights as men. Women activists publicly launched in 1848. This organization drew attention and became a hot topic in the nation. Activists raised public awareness and protested to the government. This association marked the establishment of woman suffrage movement in America. Before woman suffrage‚ females were restricted from some rights that were enjoyed by males
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Those women have forever changed our society and their story is what shaped America to what it is today. America where everyone is free and everyone lives as equals. During 1869 Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton started the National Women’s Suffrage Association (NWSA). The NWSA was focused on changing the 15th amendment‚ which granted black men‚ but not women the right to vote. There
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the men had. There were women who fought for it and men who stood by their side and then there were those who were scared of the possible outcomes that right to vote would bring. Which brought groups that were against women’s rights. Many women-suffrage advocates had to over obstacles and some weren’t correct in the way they recruited for their movement. Stanton and Susan B. Anthony decided to not support the Fifteenth Amendment (guarantees African Males the
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Iron Jawed Angels Have you ever wondered what being a woman of the 19th century was really like? Hillary Swank portrays it beautifully in this drama/romance that should be added to our High School library for all young women to see. Swank portrays a young defiant‚ Alice Paul‚ a political activist in Iron Jawed Angels‚ in which the director‚ Katja von Garni re-creates the history of the beginning of an end to women’s suffrage. The heart warming‚ true story of Alice Paul and Lucy Barnes is riveting
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other minorities admired Gilman‚ “her writings had a strong impact on the first generation of twentieth-century feminists.” Women and Economics is still very relevant today. “Women of ease and wealth provide for their children better than the poor woman can; but they do not spend more time upon it themselves‚ nor more care and effort. They have other occupation.” Mothers often put their kids first‚ even if they struggle to support their family and Gilman understands this. Gilman states that the mothers’
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