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 to work for suffrage on the
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Some say women should not be able to vote because the US may not grant suffrage to anyone and women should remain in a separate sphere others say women are supposed to be endowed with inalienable rights‚ which includes suffrage. In source A‚ Susan B. Anthony argues that the most important aspect of granting women the right to vote is that all men are created equal and the right to vote is a declaration to the natural right of all. She states and gives facts backed by
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(except 1857) delegates met annually at the Women’s Right Convention. Unfortunately the hard times came and for the sake of Civil War in 1861 the National Women’s Right Convention brought to an end. This is the moment to introduce Lucy Stone and Susan B. Anthony. Lucy was an American orator and suffragist. Born and raised in Massachusetts she was the first women to earn the college degree at Oberlin College (which was the first one to let study women as well as men. It is also the place that promised
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long time‚ women have been degraded and pushed around‚ causing women to initial movements to change the way society treats women. In America‚ "the land of the free"‚ women have to fight for their equal rights. Reformers‚ such as Fanny Wright‚ Susan B. Anthony‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ Amelia Bloomer and many more have done so through their actions‚ and speeches. Nevertheless‚ in recent times fashion has become an available source of expression. It is a powerful tool to be able to be seen and not heard--but
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APUSH 21 Nov 2013 Ch. 10 & 11 #2 Essay Question American Reform movements between 1820 and 1860 reflected both optimistic and pessimistic views of human and society. Assess the validity of this statement in reference to reform movements in THREE of the following: education‚ temperance‚ women’s rights‚ utopian experiments‚ penal institutions. (1988) The United States has seen change come and go over time. From the Great Awakening in the 1730s to the Technological revolution of the 20th century
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Antigone v. Susan B Anthony In the play Antigone by Sophocles‚ the main character defies the king and the civil law of Thebes to follow her heart and put her brother‚ Polyneices‚ to rest. Most people know the name Susan B Anthony; she exhibited civil disobedience in the form of illegally voting in the 1872 Presidential elections. Many people will be surprised to find out that Antigone and Susan are a lot alike. They both fought for what they believed
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they did. In the 1820s‚ Charles G. Finney‚ a Presbyterian minister‚ led the Second Great Awakening‚ or the religious revival. Finney preached that harlots‚ drunkards‚ and infidels could be saved through hard work and a steadfast faith in God (Document B). The religious revival was brought on to fight against deism. Finney pushed forth the creation of city churches‚ where everyone could come together to improve society. The religious reform movement expanded democratic ideals by telling people that they
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to fight for their suffrage through the women’s right movement. The most important woman who worked tirelessly for women’s right was Susan B Anthony. Anthony‚ along with her friend‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ started to strive for women’s voting rights. In 1848‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton showed her opinion about women’s suffrage through the Seneca Falls Declaration‚
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Did you know Susan B. Anthony made a huge difference on women’s rights but did not live to see the change that she had made? Many women get jobs that men have and usually work just as hard‚ or harder to achieve their dreams. America´s gift to my generation is women’s rights and empowerment. Women get a lot of opportunities in the working field but are still cut short of equal pay in certain jobs. Women have many opportunities for colleges and jobs. Now‚ in the United States‚ more than two
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Women should be allowed to vote. Susan B. Anthony is telling the state that excluding women from voting is wrong. The Woman’s right to the Suffrage speech by Susan B. Anthony was most compelling because she used good evidence and good diction. The Constitution states it is legal for women to vote and should be allowed to vote; she communicates this idea through diction and allusion. It is illegal for the state to tell them otherwise. “For any state to make sex a qualification that must result in
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