There have been many years throughout American labor history that have changed the ways that the affected communities live. Many movements have shifted styles of working‚ changed the nature of the working-class life‚ and have brought about such things as unions that we still possess today. In particular there are three major eras that have brought about such changes and one that is of the most importance. The progressive era brought us many changes in the workforce along with changes in technology
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Do you agree with the view that the First World War hindered‚ rather than helped‚ the cause of female suffrage? In the sources presented there are conflicting views as to whether the First World War helped or hindered the cause of female suffrage. There were many people who argued that because women had worked so relentlessly during the war‚ it would be impossible to deny them the vote‚ especially due to the fact that working class men got the vote that were on the frontlines. Source 5‚ a letter
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She soon started on her journey of rallies and walks to become a very well known leader of women’s rights. Although she had some hardships‚ she overcame them and kept going with the dream of having equal rights in her heart. She was a women’s suffragist who felt strongly for her subject and was willing to fight for it. Her parents taught her at a young age to stand up for herself when she wasn’t being treated equally. She fought for women’s rights because she knew that women are capable of doing
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Susan B. Anthony‚ was a women who influenced America and dedicated her entire life on helping many women to get voting rights and opened many doors for women to voice out their opinions and fight for their rights. Women back then were only seen as wives‚ mothers‚ and caretakers‚ but never pictured as being able to make an opinion on a political topic‚ or even vote. Anthony risked being jailed for testing society’s limits and pushing boundaries to prove women can be more than just a mother. National
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The 1920s have long been touted as an age of female enlightenment‚ as women set a course of equality and cracked the foundations of women’s sphere. Portraits were drawn of stereotypical ’20s femmes; crimson-lipped‚ bob-haired and befringed flappers peering down their ivory cigarette holders at restrictive Victorian mores; stalwart‚ placard-toting suffragettes proclaiming the need for female political activism; fresh-faced college coeds donning crisp shirtwaists to tap out office memos on shiny modern
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of women’s suffrage in America. Many people wonder what women’s suffrage is. Woman’s suffrage is the right of women to vote. The woman who tried to gain suffrage‚ or fight for it‚ were called suffragists. The people who supported them and the drive for this new movement were also known as suffragists. The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States says‚ "The right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or be abridged by the United States or any State on account of
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A Hidden Hero You’ve heard of Spider-man‚ Super-man‚ Wonder Woman‚ and maybe even the Wonder Twins. But‚ have you heard of Harriet Tubman? In terms of integrity‚ charity‚ endurance‚ perseverance‚ and courage‚ she beats them all! Harriet Tubman‚ also known as Moses‚ risked her own life repeatedly for the lives of others. Harriet Tubman is the most well-known for her use of the ‘underground railroad’. On this dangerous mission she took upon herself‚ Harriet rescued three hundred slaves. She traveled
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Atkinson’s view can be seen as objective as she did not definitively state that the vote was granted solely because of the war. She includes in her arguments that "The Coalition Government‚ which took office in 1915‚ were more ’pro suffrage’ than Asquith’s party. In (lines 5-8)‚ Atkinson even mentions that Lloyd George(1863-1945)‚ who succeeded the former Prime Minister in 1917‚ after Asquith’s resignation‚ was more "sympathetic" towards women’s cause. George had become Minister of munitions by
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January 17‚ 2014 The Famous Five Background Information The ‘Famous Five’ was a group of 5 women that strived for the equality of women. Before they came together they each did something that helped or protected women’s’ rights. Emily Murphy was a suffragist‚ writer and reformer. She helped create The Married Women’s Protective Act in 1911 by defending the right of wives to share ownership of their husband’s property. In 1916 she became the first female magistrate (judge) which gave her a big image
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Introduction: Susan B. Anthony was a strong‚ independent suffragist in the 19th century women’s rights movement. She established many organizations fighting for anti-slavery and women’s suffrage including The New York State Temperance Society‚ The National Woman Suffrage Association‚ and The American Equal Rights Association. Her influences are still present and important today. Without her dedication‚ the nineteenth amendment‚ The National American Woman Suffrage Association‚ and feminism itself
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