definitely underrated during this time‚ was the role of a housewife. This may not seem like hard work to some‚ but during this time being a housewife required a lot. Women made and cooked meals for their family. They had to clean and decorate the house. They sewed clothes‚ blankets‚ and draperies. They also had to watch over and raise their children‚ teaching them their manners and more. If their was an elderly person living in the household‚ the woman was to take care of them too. If their husband
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During the late 1800’s and early 1900’s‚ there were a lot of injustices in the United States. The Progressive Movement‚ which began in the late 1800’s attempted to bring about government reforms and correct injustices in America. One example of the problem in the U.S. was over population of the American cities. More and more people began to move cities from rural areas for jobs. As you can see in Document I‚ the cities were overcrowded and the infrastructure could not hold up with the influx of
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In the article “Susan B. Anthony dares to vote” and the play “The Watsons go to birmingham” the theme of both texts is perseverance. They show it in many different ways though like in the article she goes against the law to get her rights for being a woman and in the play Watson’s try to fight for blacks rights when they go to back to Alabama. A difference they have is the characters actions in “Susan B. Anthony Dares to Vote” white people want to send her to jail‚ but in “The Watson’s go to Birmingham”
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American Reform Movements From 1790 to 1860 reforms emerged in the United States in attempt to create a more advanced society. Many of the movements that were attempted failed due to either entrenched social conservatism or weaknesses in the movements themselves. New religions started to emerge based on Christianity‚ but shaped to their preferences. Along with new religions were Utopias that were part of cooperative‚ communistic‚ or “communitarian” nature. The temperance movement started to
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needed money to pay their expenses‚ so they decided to tax their colonies. They taxed them on tea‚ sugar‚ legal documents‚ and many other things. They also passed laws like the Quartering and Townsend Acts. The Quartering Act required the colonists to house British soldiers. The
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"The grandest and greatest reform of all time‚” Susan B. Anthony Stated proudly at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848.The full importance of the revolutionary convention that changed the perceptions of women’s history. The book covers 50 years of women’s activism‚ from 1840-1890‚ focusing on four key figures in that specific period like Lucretia Mott‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ Lucy Stone‚ and Susan B. Anthony. Just like the title states‚ McMillen tells the background stories from where they came from
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On August 18‚ 1920‚ the 19th Amendment to the U.S Constitution granted women the right to vote. This right was known as “woman suffrage.” Before the amendment‚ women did not have the same rights as men. Women activists publicly launched in 1848. This organization drew attention and became a hot topic in the nation. Activists raised public awareness and protested to the government. This association marked the establishment of woman suffrage movement in America. Before woman suffrage‚ females were
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Give Up The Fight and‚ “Susan B Anthony Dares To Vote” they both share the same theme of perseverance .both characters pushed around and mistreated because they were girls that wanted to be treated equal. In “Don’t Give Up The Fight‚ Ava is pushed around by the coach and the boy on her track team. Also the boys on her team and the coach tell her that she is not good enough to be on track team because she was a young woman . And in “Susan B Anthony Dares To Vote” she is
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decision should be made. Extended Works Cited Jone Johnson-Lewis “History of Abortion in the United States” In the reading of this article‚ the early 1800s abortion was forbidden after the fourth month pregnancy. Two popular feminist Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton stood against the movement of abortion and wrote the “Revolution” that persuaded the importance of prevention and detailed the blamed circumstances of laws and the men they believed pushed them to abortion This source
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Life for the American woman in the 19th century was full of conflicts and struggles. Women suffered from a lot of discrimination‚ and were not allowed to vote‚ attend universities‚ speak in public‚ or own property‚ and were essentially forced to fight for their place within society. Regardless of these difficulties‚ women gathered strength in numbers and succeeded in establishing permanent social changes. Writing was a popular form of expression for women and was used as tools of social change--in
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