Education. Women Suffrage The early 1900s saw a successful push for the vote through a coalition of suffragists‚ temperance groups‚ reform-minded politicians‚ and women’s social-welfare organizations. Although Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton devoted 50 years to the woman’s suffrage movement‚ neither lived to see women gain the right to vote. But their work and that of many other suffragists contributed to the ultimate passage of the 19th amendment in 1920. Two groups that contributed to
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and drug abuse were linked to the influx of immigrants into western Canada and that criminal activity amongst certain immigrants needed to be eliminated through anti-drug organizations and strict legislation. Emily Murphy (1868-1933) was a suffragist‚ equal rights activist and eugenicist. The growing concern of drug abuse amongst immigrants and white-Canadians caused Murphy great distress and became a tireless anti-narcotics crusader. Although Murphy’s
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Mary Church was born in Memphis‚ Tennessee‚ on 23rd September‚ 1863. Both her parents‚ Robert Church and Louisa Ayers‚ were both former slaves. Robert was the son of his white master‚ Charles Church. During the Memphis race riots in 1866 Mary’s father was shot in the head and left for dead. He survived the attack and eventually became a successful businessman. He speculated in the property market and was considered to be the wealthiest black man in the South. Mary was an outstanding student and
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One day she went out of town when a mob lynched and invaded New York Age’s office. During that time she was married to Frederick Barnett. Ida’s 4 children were born in 1896‚ 1897‚ 1901‚ and 1904. Ida B. Wells was a fearless anti-lynching crusader‚ suffragist‚ women’s rights advocate‚ journalist‚ and speaker. She fought for women’s rights. Ida was part of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). She would march in the events with her head held high and face the consequences‚ that she
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In America‚ all people have the right to vote‚ except for women‚ “Woman suffrage is inevitable. Suffragists knew it before November 4‚ 1917; opponents afterward” (Catt 1). It is important for women to have the right to vote because all people deserve to have a say in what happens in their government. Catt believes that women should have the right to vote and wants others to agree. In “Address to Congress on Women’s Suffrage‚” Carrie Chapman Catt conveys ethos to achieve the audience’s trust‚ pathos
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Changing Role of Women Unit 2 Exam Date: 22nd May 2014 Edexcel: Unit 2 Option C‚ Topic C2‚ Unit Code 6HI02 The Changing Role of Women in Britain 1860-1930 Key Areas of the Specification as detailed by the examination board The nature of Britain 1860: Society and how it was governed Dominant ideologies in Victorian Britain Changes in women’s personal lives: 1860-1901 Educating women and girls: 1860-1930 Women in public life: 1860-1901 The Suffrage Campaign: 1860-1903 The beginning
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Lana Cox History 121 Professor Adejumobi November 7‚ 2008 Critical Book Review THEY SAY: IDA B. WELLS AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF RACE By James West Davidson Ida B. Wells‚ an African-American woman‚ and feminist‚ shaped the image of empowerment and citizenship during post-reconstruction times. The essays‚ books‚ and newspaper articles she wrote‚ instigated the dialogue of race struggles between whites and blacks‚ while her personal narratives‚ including two diaries‚ a travel journal‚ and an
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Margaret Mitchell’s Bio Margaret Mitchell was born in Atlanta‚ Georgia in 1900. Her dad‚ a lawyer and the president of the Atlanta Historical Society‚ and her mom‚ a women suffragist‚ raised Mitchell with stories about Atlanta during the Civil War. Margaret attended Smith College‚ which was a women’s college in Massachusetts. When her first marriage was a disaster‚ Mitchell worked as a journalist for the Atlanta Journal and married John Robert Marsh. After ten years of writing her 1000 page novel
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open up society to the idea of women making huge attributions to medicine. She was born in 1908 in Tuskegee‚ Alabama and died in 1977 from lung cancer. Her father was a treasure at the Alabama Tuskegee and her mom was a health care activist and a suffragist. She was the first women to preform open heart surgery. She also researched antibiotics and breast cancer. Not only was she a women‚ but she was a black women. During this time period‚ not a lot of black women were treated with respect. Dr. Logan’s
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Louisa Lawson was a newspaper proprietor‚ Australian poet‚ writer‚ publisher‚ suffragist‚ and feminist. She was the mother of the poet and author Henry Lawson. Louisa Lawson was an independent and sophisticated woman who fought for women’s rights during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century in Australia. In May 1889‚ Louisa launched the campaign for female suffrage and announced the Dawn Club where women met to discuss every question of life and work to gain experience in public speaking
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