Alice Paul was born on January 11‚1885‚ in Moorestown‚ New Jersey. Her father‚ who died when Alice was sixteen‚ was a businessman‚ banker‚ and property owner. The Pauls lived in the small Quaker community of Moorestown. One of the beliefs of the Quakers was equality of the sexes. As a young girl‚ Alice attended the Quaker suffrage meetings with her mother. Alice Pauls’ father left them enough money so she could attend the exclusive Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania
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Emily Stowe was without a doubt an inspirational‚ motivated feminist determined to make a difference in the lives of women in Canada. She was a key part of the development of our nation‚ and a true pioneer in the medical and political systems. 2 Emily Howard Jennings was born in Norwich‚ Ontario on May 1st‚ 1831 to parents that were strong believers in the importance of receiving proper education: such strong believers‚ in fact‚ they actually home schooled their daughters. 1 At only 15‚ Stowe
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Tubman is replacing President Andrew Jackson.Known as "Moses" to her people‚ Tubman is famous for helping lead slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad. She also helped nurse i’ll Union troops‚ helped fight for the end of slavery and was a suffragist who advocated for women to have the right to vote.Lew said the depictions of the women who fought for the right to vote is far more compelling than the steps of the Treasury building currently shown on the back of $10.There will also be changes
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however‚ a rift developed among feminists over the proposed 15th Amendment‚ which gave the vote to black men. Susan B. Anthony‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ and others refused to endorse the amendment because it did not give women the ballot. Other suffragists‚ however‚ including Lucy Stone and Julia Ward Howe‚ argued that once the black man was enfranchised‚ women would achieve their goal. As a result of the conflict two organizations emerged. Stanton and Anthony formed the National Woman Suffrage Association
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American Woman Suffrage association was created to fight for their rights using many of the same tactics as their Australian peers. The movement was an effort to reignite the fight fought by precedent women suffragists from with the Senera Fall Conventions back in 1848 and earlier. Suffragists combined the use of traditional methods of protest with more extreme forms such as hunger strikes. Some white supremacists would also support them because their addition would further offset the black voters
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The term feminism came around in the late 1800’s originally from France (feminism)‚ femme meaning woman and ism meaning political identity. A French philosopher named Charles Fourier came up with the term while writing about women’s status and social progress. The world moved over to America in the early 1900’s. Nonetheless the meaning behind the term has always been around in the western world – the belief that society should seek to create a social‚ political‚ and equal opportunity between males
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and Anthony formed the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) to work for the right to vote on the federal level and press for wider institutional changes. Another organization‚ the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) was founded by suffragists‚ Lucy Stone and Julia Ward Howe‚ who believed that once African American men were granted the right to vote that women would follow and wanted to secure the ballot by working on a state by state basis. During the next 20 years‚ both of these organizations
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which argues against slavery‚ maybe not to support the anti-slavery movement‚ but to point out the slavery was wrong because it was not supporting virtues of the family life. Since the slavery and women’s rights issues emerged at the same time many suffragist addressed their opinion opposing slavery in their speeches‚ while addressing the issue of women’s rights or rather the lack of those at the same
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After years spent in England‚ she was recruited by militant suffragists‚ and this is where it all began for her. She enlightened herself mostly through all of the hardships she faced such as imprisonment‚ hunger strikes‚ and forced feeding. In 1909‚ an article titled‚ Alice Paul Describes Force Feeding‚ was an interview
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