Being a woman at the beginning of the twentieth century was extremely difficult‚ so when Jeanette Rankin decided she actually wanted to contribute to her community it wasn’t such an easy journey. Rankin started her education young‚ attending a public school‚ which‚ eventually lead to her college degree in teaching. Rankin never loved school and thought that there was so much more to learn from experiences and her family. While Jeanette became a teacher‚ following in her mother’s footsteps‚ Rankin
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Response Essay To Susan B. Anthony Quote In 1855 a potato famine caused Irish immigrants to flee Ireland in search of a better life. In 1857‚ many of these immigrants arrived in the America for the plentiful job opportunities. Mills in Lewistown‚ Maine‚ and Lowell‚ Massachusetts sprung up overnight to provide these people with jobs. However‚ soon these immigrants found that their new lives were far more difficult in the land of the free than they imagined. What they found was a system similar
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The purpose and claim in Susan B. Anthony’s speech on women’s right to vote is clear and precise. The speaker is trying to convey the importance of recognizing the political right (as well as a democratic right) of women in order to keep up the true spirit of the U.S. Constitution and the nation’s democratic nature of governance. The speaker here claims that voting right is one of the most important natural rights and women being an equally important milieu in the society must have the right to vote
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Susan B. Anthony‚ in her speech‚ “On Women’s Right to Vote” (1872)‚ argues that in the United States‚ women do not have the right to vote. She supports her claim by first stating that women barely have any legal rights‚ then affirming that she is a citizen‚ and exercising her rights as one‚ then reciting the preamble of the Federal Constitution‚ then discussing how it specifically indicates that it says “we‚ the people‚” not‚ “we‚ the white male citizens.”‚ and finally‚ concludes that it is downright
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spreading diversity. Generations of strong willed women like Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton worked vigorously to improve equality in women’s rights. Their efforts led to women having the right to vote‚ access to birth control‚ and enlist in the army. Society has come a long way in closing the gap‚ however there is still room for improvement. Throughout history there has always been a struggle for gender equality. Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are two very famous women who led
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on is Susan B. Anthony. Who is Susan B. Anthony? Susan B. Anthony was born on February 20‚ 1820 in Adams‚ Massachusetts. Susan’s full name is Susan Brownell Anthony. Susan was raised in a Quaker household. She was born to a local cotton mill owner and his wife who was gifted with eight children. Susan was the second oldest of the eight children. However‚ only six out of the eight children grew to become adults as one was stillborn and the other sibling of Susan died at the age of two. Susan B. Anthony
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After reading these speeches and articles; the Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln ; Woman’s Right to the Suffrage by Susan B. Anthony‚ the I Have a Dream speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and On the Death of Martin Luther King Jr by President Robert F. Kennedy. I thought that the Woman’s Right to the Suffrage speech by Susan B. Anthony was the most compelling to me. It’s truly amazing to see how much the rights have changed for women from 1872 to 2016. It does appear that women have
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Susan B. Anthony formed the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1869‚ the same year that Henry Ward Beecher and Lucy Stone formed the American Woman Suffrage Association. Both groups fought for the right to vote until they merged in 1890 and became the National Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Susan B. Anthony was named president and began to lead the movement towards gaining the right to vote. People were opposed giving women the right to vote for many different reasons. Companies that made
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Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth candy stone were of the most influential people in women’s rights. These two women went through a lot of difficult challenge. One of the thing that I will be talking about is women in America was locked out of jobs. Next thing that I will be talking about is women locked of of vote. Lastly I will talk about women locked out of education Women’s were locked out of jobs in America. The men wanted them to be mothers and wives. Philadelphia newspaper wrote outside of the
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The speech that I am writing about is The Women’s Right to the Suffrage‚ by Susan B. Anthony. The Central Idea of the speech is In the “Women’s Right to the Suffrage” Anthony persuades us that women are people too and should be treated the same as men (others). The biggest part of the speech that I have chosen is how are people want more of a better union and to keep ourselves safe appoint for the U.S. This main idea helps my central idea by having all of our women having equal rights to vote and
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