feminists emerged‚ such as Beecher and Stanton. They devoted themselves passionately and profoundly to fighting for women’s rights‚ though there were still some differences between one another. Beecher wrote A treatise on domestic economy conservatively to express women’s desires to be independent and Stanton published the famous women’s “declaration of independence”—Declaration of Sentiments radically claimed “all men and women are created equal” (Stanton 201). By comparing their works in politics
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Elizabeth Caty Stanton‚ Edmund Burke‚ and Jeremy Bentham met today to have an important debate over human rights. Stanton gave her viewpoint on the issue‚ then we heard a conservative contradiction from Edmund Burke‚ and a utilitarian contradiction from Jeremy Bentham. In order to articulate this debate effectively‚ this article will begin with the summation of Elizabeth Canton’s argument‚ then move to Burke and Bentham. Stanton asserts that men and women are created equal and have inalienable rights
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striving toward equal citizenship and the right to vote. There are a few women who did much more than anybody would have expected. Some of these women might even sound familiar. The main leader was Susan B. Anthony‚ along with a few others‚ Elizabeth Stanton‚ and Alice Paul. Without their great leadership we wouldn’t have the right to vote today‚ as women.("History of Women’s...") Women’s suffrage is the fight for women to get as many equal rights as a man. Women have not always fought to get equal rights
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causing today’s beliefs to be different. By comparing and contrasting the perspectives of Frederick Douglass‚ who in his speech “What to the Slave if the Fourth of July?” presents his viewpoint on the need to end the act of slavery‚ and Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ who in her speech from Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Falls Woman’s Rights Convention argues the need for equality between men and women‚ it is evident that Americans value this belief and hope for a positive future by creating freedom for
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Lesson Plan: Examine Labor Practices in the Garment Industry OVERVIEW: This lesson plan is designed to be used in conjunction with the film Made in L.A.‚ a film that follows the struggle of three Latina immigrants working for fair labor conditions in Los Angeles’s garment factories. Note: This film has bilingual subtitles throughout and is fully accessible to English and Spanish speakers. This lesson compares current conditions in the garment industry with those at the turn of the 20th century.
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When either one faltered‚ the other offered encouragement. At first‚ Anthony felt uncomfortable speaking in front of groups‚ but Stanton told her‚ “I have no doubt that a little practice will render you an admirable lecturer.” Likewise‚ when Stanton hinted that at times she was tired and thought of retiring from public view‚ Anthony would show up with a bag‚ “stuffed with acts . . . the statistics of women robbed of their property‚ shut out of some college‚ half paid for their work‚ the reports of
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Women such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Coffin Mott helped to kickstart the innovative ideas produced before and through the convention. The Wesleyan Methodist Church in Seneca Falls was the site of the first women’s rights convention in the United States. The meeting took place on July 19-20‚ 1848.1 On the first day‚ only women were permitted to speak‚ and men joined in on the second day.2 The convention was really started by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Stanton was born in Johnstown‚ New
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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 and women’s rights activists who formed a lifelong partnership with each other in dedication to the suffrage movement. Ida B. Wells was another leading figure of the Women’s Suffrage Movement who took part in many campaigns
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was written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and declared liberation for woman. Stanton’s document was meant to bring together women in the hope for equal rights to men. Stanton used similar language like beginning with “When in the course of human events‚” and continuing with‚ “We hold these truths to be self evident.” However‚ instead of the sentence saying‚ “that all men are created equal‚” Stanton wrote‚ “that all men and women are created equal.” It is clear that Stanton wants to point out that everyone
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second-class role in society. In fact‚ many women were considered powerless‚ but because Elizabeth Stanton fought to have equal rights women today have an equality that long ago was seen impossible. In the "Key note address" Elizabeth Stanton uses the rhetoric devices ethos‚ pathos and logos to portray her point of view and her beliefs on how the women’s rights should be taken more seriously. Stanton uses diction and detail to convey the tone in an assertive way. Furthermore‚
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