The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union was devoted to bringing prohibition to the United States in order to protect the women and children of America from the repercussions of alcohol. The WCTU was conceived in November of 1874 due to the newly established habits of the men of America (Woman’s). Having the capable leadership of the founders‚ the WCTU spread quickly. In a miniscule span of time‚ the women made a significant impact which pressed the borders of their home country‚ threatening to bubble
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The Dress Reform Movement of the Mid-Eighteen Hundreds Women’s History in America In the middle of the nineteenth century in the United States‚ there were many movements working to improve society. The temperance movement aimed to remove the use and abuse of alcohol in America. The abolition movement called for the immediate end to slavery. The women’s movement had a mission to change women’s role in society by such means as giving them the right to vote and own their own property. Health reformers
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Women had to endure and go through many struggles in order to gain freedoms that were automatically given to free‚ white men. The journey to gain these rights was difficult and took many years to complete. Women had to prove that were “worthy” enough to vote and have the rights of men. After years of these difficulties‚ women were finally granted the ninth amendment: the right to vote. The country can never forget how it came to be‚ however. During much of the 1800s and in the beginning of the 1900s
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My favorite person from American history is Eleanor Roosevelt. She was born in New York City on October 11th‚ 1884 and died on November 7th‚ 1962 at the age of 78. In 1905‚ Eleanor married her distant cousin‚ Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ who would later become president. While he was president‚ he suffered from a polio attack and Roosevelt stepped in and helped him with his political career as the First Lady. Roosevelt changed how America viewed the First Lady. She was the first First Lady to attend rallies
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In the 19th century‚ women suffered from gender inequality. They were considered second-class citizens regardless of their ethnicity. In this century they were not allowed to vote‚ sue‚ testify in court‚ hardly granted custody of their children and were barred from institutions of higher education. According to an article called Feminism in literature‚ women were expected to remain subservient to their fathers and husbands. The only occupations they were allowed to take part in were as domestic servants
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In the movie Iron-Jawed Angels‚ fictional Senator Leighton went to the prison in Virginia seeking to bring his wife‚ fictional Emily Leighton‚ home. Upon asking her to come home from the prison and leave behind the women leading the suffrage movement‚ her only response was to ask about her daughters. Senator Leighton replied that they missed her dearly and that he wanted to bring Emily home for the girls’ sake. Emily retorted‚ “They are the only reason I am here”. This quote demonstrates the point
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Introduction Abigail Adams is best known as the second U.S. first lady‚ however‚ there’s so much more to her story. Throughout her life‚ Adams was heavily involved in politics and women’s suffrage. Even before she married John Adams‚ she was quite vocal about her views on equality. Adams was appointed by the Massachusetts Colony general court in order to defend women’s patriotism. Also‚ she participated in boycotts and riots‚ trying to break away from Britain. Adams mingled with women historians
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Although the novel is well known in the world and in present days is included in many schools curriculum‚ this is not to say that since its publication in 1900 it faced relentless criticism. In 1928‚ the novel has been banned in all libraries in Chicago. Chicago’s librarians found the context of the book “evil for children”; moreover‚ Dorothy was seeing as a symbol of “women in strong leadership roles”. Despite the fact that in 1920 occurred the mass leap forward for women’s rights in the U.S. society
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The contributions of Lavinia Dock to the field of nursing‚ as well as to women’s rights‚ are immense: as an activist‚ socialist‚ writer‚ leader‚ and nurse‚ her legacy continues. Dock’s decision to enter nursing‚ lead Dock to being involved in not only the avocation for nursing and unionization but for the suffragette movement as well. Throughout this biography‚ Dock’s tremendous endeavors in the fields of nursing advocacy and education as well as the context in which she lived‚ will be discussed
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In July of 1848 Elizabeth Stanton organized the first woman’s rights convention in Seneca Falls. At the convention she had a man by the name of Douglas MaCarthur speak showing that the African American population were in support of the woman’s rights movement. This convention was the beginning of one of the biggest movements in American history. The movement started of slow due to many contributing factors. One‚ the start of the movement was at the beginning of the civil war‚so people weren’t really
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