When either one faltered‚ the other offered encouragement. At first‚ Anthony felt uncomfortable speaking in front of groups‚ but Stanton told her‚ “I have no doubt that a little practice will render you an admirable lecturer.” Likewise‚ when Stanton hinted that at times she was tired and thought of retiring from public view‚ Anthony would show up with a bag‚ “stuffed with acts . . . the statistics of women robbed of their property‚ shut out of some college‚ half paid for their work‚ the reports of
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In this excerpt from a speech delivered in 1873 by Susan B. Anthony‚ the author directly refutes the inequal oligarchy of sex by stating the contradictions of these concepts against the constitutions of United States. By heavily emphasizing the attributes of the democracy‚ the author reinforces the concept of revolution‚ which functioned to provoke woman suffarage movement. In order to effectively state her position‚ the author incorporated various persuasive techniques including‚ reiteration of
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Is it a Boy or a Girl? When a child is born‚ it does not know anything about the world. As it gets older‚ the child learns morals and values from the people around it. One concept children learn is the role of gender in their lives. Young boys and girls are given different messages about what they are and are not supposed do in social situations‚ causing them to act and dress differently from one another. Gender is not something tangible that happens; it is something perceived by American society
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Following the victory of the Suffrage movement with the passage and ratification of the 19th amendment in 1920 many in the women’s movement were left wondering‚ what’s next? Suffrage was the attainment of a goal of generations of women‚ and with its passage‚ to paraphrase Plutarch‚ what worlds were left to be conquered? Writing in the Historian‚ Peter Geidel states that it was at this point that the women’s movement splintered into schools: The Social Feminists and the Feminists”. According to Geidel
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I am writing a compare and contrast essay on two different stories. One is the “Letter to John Adams” and the second story is from the “Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Falls Woman’s Rights Convention”. First‚ both stories are about independence‚ women‚ and men. In “Letter to John Adams”‚ they say that if particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies‚ they will be much determined to foment a Rebellion. They say not to put unlimited power into the hands of Husbands‚ and they say
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to fight for was the right to vote‚ which men already had. We wanted our voices to be heard‚ to have our own opinion on things and we finally won that August 18th‚ 1920 when the 19th amendment was created in the constitution.In 1869‚ Stanton and Anthony formed the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) with their eyes on a federal constitutional amendment that would grant women the right to vote. Wyoming entered the Union as the first state to grant women full voting rights. The next eight states
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Do you like having a voice? Do you like feeling empowered? Well‚ if it weren’t for Carrie Chapman Catt in the 1900’s‚ half of our population still wouldn’t have that luxury. In early 20th century America‚ many people did not even think of women voting as an option for themselves or the people around them. Many were misinformed about the topic of women’s suffrage‚ until people like Carrie Chapman Catt worked with organizations‚ such as the National American Woman’s Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
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reform during the Progressive Era was the Meat Inspection Act‚ and the Pure Food and Drug Act‚ which enforced health regulations in the meatpacking industry (O.I.). The problems in the meatpacking industry are shown in document B‚ saying‚ “In a word… other diseased workers” (doc B). That quote is from the “Neill-Reynolds Report”‚ which was an investigation
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nearly 4 gallons. In Document F‚ it says “What the bottle does” with a picture of a whiskey bottle. That is because you can’t help what you do after you drink alcohol‚ the bottle/drink decides what you do. The women’s rights movement‚ showed in Documents B and D shows the women should have equal rights as men‚ such as equal pay. The women’s rights movement was a movement that demanded equal rights as men. Women’s rights activists demanded all men got‚ including full control over their body‚ the right
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During the first half of the 19th century‚ women’s roles in society evolved in the areas of occupational‚ moral‚ and social reform. Through efforts such as factory movements‚ social reform‚ and women’s rights‚ their aims were realized and foundations for further reform were established. The occupational standings of women evolved in the first half of the nineteenth century. A new system of recruitment‚ the Lowell-Waltham system‚ emerged in Massachusetts. This new factory system brought in young
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