Organize‚ agitate‚ educate‚ must be our war cry.” -Susan B. Anthony (Brainyquote.com) American women deserved the vote earlier than August 18th‚ 1920 for three reasons: they had worked and fought for it for a long time; other countries had already given women the right to vote; and women should have equal rights per the Bible and American Constitution and Declaration of Independence. Powerful suffragettes like Alice Paul‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ and Susan B. Anthony had been working hard for the
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it would soon become a huge success for all women around the globe. The 19th amendment guaranteed women the right to vote‚ and it went into effect in 1920. It had begun settling rates at levels intended to ensure the industries profits full woman suffrage before 1920‚ eighth date granted partial woman
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feminist movements or feminism. The development of feminism in the 1800’s was a very crucial part of history because women began the long road of gaining women’s rights with the Seneca Falls Convention‚ the founding of the National American Woman Suffrage Association‚ and the first National Women’s Rights Convention. Feminism is defined as the belief that women should have economic‚ political‚ and social equality with men. “Feminists challenge traditional gender roles and demand increased educational
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Doll’s House A Doll house is written by Henrik Ibsen as a three act play. The play was very controversial when it was first published because it is very critical of the 19th century marriage norms. The play was also written near the time of women’s suffrage. Nora‚ the wife suffered from having to follow the expected role of women as well as with her own personal issues that she had to keep hidden that caused many problems in her life as well as her marriage. Nora had to fight the feminist expectations
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She campaigned for the abolition of child labor and of the death penalty‚ women’s suffrage‚ factory safety laws‚ immigrant rights‚ for a range of worker protections as well as rights‚ freedom of speech‚ disarmament‚ court reform‚ prison reform‚ and civil rights. Jane Addams was a prominent figure in American History and will be remembered
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during this time was the passing of the 19th amendment‚ which gave women the right to vote. Elizabeth and her friends weren’t the only contributors to the women’s suffrage movement there was others. Mary Wollstonecraft‚ Susan B. Anthony‚ Victoria Woodhull‚ Frederick Douglas‚ and Ida B. Wells were also major contributors to the women’s suffrage. Mary Wollstonecraft has been given the honor of being called “first feminist” or “mother of feminism.” She’s considered a liberal feminist because of her approach
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attempt to get a seat in the Senate failed‚ but she continued to try 5 more times over 14 years. Her last attempt was to run for a seat in the House of Representatives in 1917‚ Through this and after this Vida continued to fight for women’s rights and suffrage. During the First World War‚ Vida was an ardent pacifist. She became chairman of the Peace Alliance and formed the Women’s Peace Army‚ who were a Melbourne based‚ anti-war socialist movement that sort to mobilise and unite women‚ regardless of
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Muckrakers The term “muckraker” was originally coined in a speech in 1906 accredited to President Theodore Roosevelt. It was alluding to the man with the Muck-Rake in Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Process. The Man with the Muck rake seeks material advances by raking filth. Roosevelt defined this term as "one who inquires into and publishes scandal and allegations of corruption among political and business leaders". Muckrakers in the Progressive Era‚ a time from 1820 until 1920 when America quickly industrialized
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In the last months of 1929‚ tens of thousands of Igbo women from Calabar‚ Owerri and other provinces in southeastern Nigeria traveled to the town of Olonko to protest and lead “a war” against the British colonizers who implemented an alien system of government and whom they accused of excluded them from their role in the political systems of the new government. The women also protested to amend their hardships by the colonizers. The protests were fairly symbolic and ritualistic in notion‚ but on
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Egyptian women did not have the right‚ or the chance to participate legally in the political life during early 1900s‚ however‚ they have always existed in the political scene in Egypt; starting from the queen of Egypt during the monarchy till the normal Egyptian women who joined and lead many forms of demonstrations and protests in the streets of Egypt in attempt to call for a change. In the middle of the 2oth centaury‚ exactly in 1956‚ women were given the right to participate in the politics of
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