Women’s suffrage has always been a major conflict in the United States‚ but also all over the world. Generations of women have taken action to protest‚ fighting for what they believed in; feminists. The struggle of not superiority but equality and respect as any other male was the message activists of the women’s rights movement was trying to convey. Although many of the women were well educated‚ they were still were still denied the right to vote. The Women’s suffrage Movement took several years
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Lucy Stone was born August 13‚ 1818‚ West Brookfield‚ Massachusetts. The 19th century right us three amazing woman who help fight for women’s rights. One of these amazing women where Lucy Stone. She was an amazing woman who stood up for women’s rights. Women who stood up for their rights were called suffragists. Her mother was Hannah Matthews and her father was Francis Stone. Lucy Stone as one of their nine children was concerned about the issue of slavery. From her parents Lucy Stone agreed
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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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Another transformation that happened in the Progressive Era was the status of women. In the late 19th century‚ middle-class women created settlement houses in poor and urban neighborhoods‚ so they could carry out reform work in the surrounding neighborhoods. As these houses grew and evolved‚ settlement house workers started lobbying local‚ state‚ and national governments to pass reform legislation like minimum wage‚ workplace safety standards‚ and sanitation regulations. These settlement houses gave
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Alice Paul upcoming stunt and certainly not the last was referred to as the “Walkless Parade”; this significant event occurred on 1913 in Washington. In which Alice Paul and her group intervened during the parade causing chaos and madness. The event had sparked a start of protest and riots soon coming their way. Alice Paul purpose was to show the world that women were not giving up no matter the cost‚ even if it meant jail for years to come. She was a brave stout-hearted woman who was willing to
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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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Jane Adams was born on September 6‚ 1860 in Illinois in a town called Cedarville. Her father was a well known business man‚ who had a lot of influence over her. She had eight siblings in which she was the second to last born. In 1926‚ she suffered from a heart attack and seven years later on May 21‚ 1935‚ she passed away. Jane Addams had many accomplishments in her life time‚ and she influenced many people. She founded the Hull House in 1889‚ which was a place to provide services to immigrants and
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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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Women’s suffrage was one of the most important issues the United States had in the 20th century. It included women’s revolution to gain their rights‚ where they fought hard for a good purpose‚ but the most important was the end of slavery. This battle caused the loss of human’s life for some and incarceration for others. This tragedy would have never happened if and only if women had an important voice in the society‚ had the right to work‚ and the right to vote. However‚ if women’s voices
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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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