(Attention Grabber) “Men‚ their rights‚ and nothing more; women‚ their rights‚ and nothing less.” With these simple words‚ suffragist Susan B. Anthony epitomizes the women’s rights movement of the 1800s. (Topic Sentence) This movement swept the nation and spoke out to various groups of people. (Background Information) When men began to work in factories and shops‚ their wives suddenly had their own house to be in charge of. This small spark quickly blew into a flame that no man could ever put out
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Prynne is a feminist who refuses to accept the subordinate role of women because she has financial‚ emotional‚ and intellectual independence. Hester Prynne is comparable to a modern feminist because of her admirable actions and brave choices (suffragist). Hester reveals she is a resilient woman when she is prosecuted by the male authority and laws set down by the male population of her society. I feel her refusal to show shame or guilt at a victimless crime of passion‚ is an assertion of her independence
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immediately prior to the War. It is difficult‚ however‚ to consider this to have been the most important factor‚ due to the very negative image of Suffragettes that prevailed‚ and the fact that many WSPU members had defected to the NUWSS. The work of the Suffragists together with the changing laws‚ led to the increasing politicisation of women. So therefore it can be concluded that the militant suffragette campaign cannot be seen as the most significant factor in helping women gain the
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Wilfred Laurier – leader of the Liberals in 1896‚ becomes prime minister. 2. Suffragists – people who advocated that women should have the right to vote. For example‚ Nellie McClung was a well-known suffragist who fought for women rights. 3. Queen Victoria/Victorian England – Queen Victoria was the British monarch from 1837 – 1901. The name Victorian England came from Queen Victoria. 4. Nellie McClung – the suffragist who gathers together with other women‚ campaigned for women’s rights. 5. Alaskan
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Equality is an important issue today all across the world. Without women’s suffragists who fought for gender equality in the 1800’s‚ when women weren’t even allowed to vote‚ the world would be even farther behind. The passing of the nineteenth amendment has positively benefited modern society by granting women their right to influence the government and enforcing the idea that men and women of all kinds are equal. The nineteenth amendment to the constitution has positively benefited modern society
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that the militant actions enforced by the WSPU‚ or ‘Suffragette’s’ was detrimental to their cause as it lost the support of the more wary advocates. Many of these allies had only supported their cause due to the diligent and peaceful work of the Suffragists and were
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“To what extent was the Great War the most important factor in the enfranchisement of women in 1918?” History Assignment It could be argued that women’s contribution during the First World War was the most significant factor in the enfranchisement of women in 1918‚ as AJP Taylor confirms in his book ‘English history 1914-1945’ stated‚ “war smoothed the way for democracy”. The war was after the industrial revolution; hereafter everything was different. The industrial revolution had changed society
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points of view that would make the average American oppose them. Shaw claims that women suffragists are mocked as “socialists and anarchists”‚ but she does not understand “how a human can be both at the same time” (Shaw). Her opposition makes strong arguments against her‚ yet they serve no truth nor unity of ideas. “The beauty of it is they always answer their own arguments” (Shaw) by simply accusing the suffragists with any extreme title in society‚ even if they do not realize how contradictory they
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rights movement‚ so they started setting up National Organization of Women(NOW). Women’s liberation groups spread ideas throughout the country. America called these women ‘suffragists’. Women started campaigning for everything that was unequal. They campaigned for equal pay‚ equal rights at work‚ and equality in relationships. Suffragists also campaigned for a part of a wider political framework. They protested against men having more power than women. Women wanted equal child ownerships‚ and the right
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chapter twenty one‚ there is a reoccurring theme of social satire. Women’s anti-suffrage is being exaggerated and ridiculed to emphasize the corruption of those against women having the right to vote. In her Monologue‚ Marie Jenney Howe mocks anti suffragists by highlighting the many ignorant remarks made by those against women’s suffrage. She establishes the fact that antisuffragists don’t want men and women to be considered as equals. Howe describes how women are believed to be incapable of voting
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