dfghjkl;poiuytrdcvbnj;[piyrfghkl;po98u7yt5r4e gfggghhiiutfdfg “The steady pressure by the moderate Suffragists was the most important reason for the achievsuffragists attempted to do this by writing to MP’s‚ presenting petitions to parliament and by holding public meetings. The suffragists were not just focused on the vote but also supported other issues such as improvement in education. Martin Pugh a famous historian argues that the suffragists were one of the main factors contributing to women
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Emmeline Pankhurst‚ one of the most revolutions women within history. She was born on July 14/15 1858 and at a very young age gained an understanding that males and females were definitely not treated the same. This understanding of the world‚ allowed Pankhurst to become the founder of the nation known “suffragettes”. The women’s social and political union‚ were very strong supports for equality for women and persisted in the change Britain must seek before the nation could become one. Many did
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They just don’t want to stay home and take care of their family. They wants to works‚ rights to vote‚ gain education and etc. That’s why women’s rights were important to them lot. How women gain the right during 1920s? The campaign for women’s suffrage began in earnest in the decades before the Civil War. During the 1820s and 30s‚ most states had extended the franchise to all white men‚ regardless of how much money or property they had. At the same time‚ all sorts of reform groups were proliferating
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The year 2012 marks the fiftieth (50th) anniversary of the culmination of the Women’s Suffrage Movement in the Bahamas. In the Bahamas the movement took place against the dramatic backdrop of the Burma Road Riots of 1942‚ the General Strike of 1958‚ the Labour Movement of the 1950s‚ the majority rule and civil rights movements. Bahamian women worked tirelessly along with men to resist and redress the racial discrimination and the political and economic inequities that permeated Bahamian society.
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movement that began in the 1790s in New England caused reforms in America. Between 1825 and 1850‚ the United States government made reforms that greatly increased the influence of democratic ideals: universal suffrage and individual rights. Such reforms included prisons‚ churches‚ women suffrage‚ temperance‚ and education. Prison reforms expanded democratic ideals through the change in policies and mission statements. Debtor prisons were abolished‚ the number of capitol crimes was reduced‚ and prison
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cause: the right to vote. When talking about women’s rights‚ it is very important to mention the suffragette movement. A suffragette is a woman seeking the right to vote through organized protests. This term is mostly associated with the women’s suffrage movement in the U.K. in the start of the 19th century. The suffragettes were mostly women from upper to middle-class backgrounds‚ who were angered by their economic and social positions. The women’s struggle to achieve more rights and freedom in
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campaigns were done for issues such as‚ reproductive rights‚ equal pay‚ sexual violence‚ domestic violence and many more. The movement is separated into 3 waves; the first‚ the second and the third. The First Wave The first wave is based on women’s suffrage during the 19th-early 20th centuries. In Britain‚ the Suffragists and the Suffragettes campaigned between 1897 and 1928. They used militant tactics such as; hunger strikes‚ chaining themselves to railings‚ smashing windows and causing fires. It took
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A social group is a foundation of society and culture whereby a collection of people interact with each other and share comparable characteristics and a sense of unity. However‚ a social category is a collection of people who share similar characteristics but do not interact. Women are the most dominant and active members of the society. Till now‚ women are not only a significant unit of a family organization but also; they are the main people who influence the course of social change in the society
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by the people‚ expanded somewhat dramatically in Great Britain between 1830 and 1914. Examples of democratic expansion in Great Britain include the increase of male suffrage and the regulation of working conditions. This expansion wasn’t dramatic because women still couldn’t vote during that time period. The increase of male suffrage helped the expansion of democracy in Great Britain. Only 5% of the British population had the right to vote in the early 1800s. The Reform Act of 1832 gave merchants
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age of 21. This was a new and un-heard of expansion. Kentucky was the first state that extended the right to vote to all white males in the state. Tennessee and Ohio did not have statewide male suffrage; however‚ it did have lowered tax payer qualifications‚ closer than the original states to universal suffrage. By 1820‚ most of the original 13 states had fallen into uniform with the others‚ extending the right to vote to all white men. However‚ with all things‚ there are always those who lag behind
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