In the article “Susan B. Anthony dares to vote” and the play “The Watsons go to birmingham” the theme of both texts is perseverance. They show it in many different ways though like in the article she goes against the law to get her rights for being a woman and in the play Watson’s try to fight for blacks rights when they go to back to Alabama. A difference they have is the characters actions in “Susan B. Anthony Dares to Vote” white people want to send her to jail‚ but in “The Watson’s go to Birmingham”
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Give Up The Fight and‚ “Susan B Anthony Dares To Vote” they both share the same theme of perseverance .both characters pushed around and mistreated because they were girls that wanted to be treated equal. In “Don’t Give Up The Fight‚ Ava is pushed around by the coach and the boy on her track team. Also the boys on her team and the coach tell her that she is not good enough to be on track team because she was a young woman . And in “Susan B Anthony Dares To Vote” she is
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Susan B. Anthony dedicated her life to fighting for equality for all people. She is best known for her work as a suffragist‚ but throughout her lifetime‚ she advocated for equivalent opportunities and freedom for everyone. She fought for women to have equal rights in the workplace and education. She also supported the abolition of slavery. Anthony epitomizes America’s core values‚ including equality‚ independence‚ and activism. Anthony demanded equal treatment and rights for all people. Through
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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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Susan B. Anthony was a women’s rights activist and an agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. She fought for the rights of women and basically anyone else that wasn’t treated equally. She was born to a Quaker family that was neither prejudice nor biased towards anyone. Her family moved to a farm in the 1840’s and they fought to end slavery as part of the abolitionist movement. She became a teacher and later was involved with the fight of equal rights for women. In my opinion‚ I would say Susan
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haystack. In the passages “Is it a Crime for a Citizen of the United States to Vote?” by Susan B. Anthony and “Freedom or Death” by Emmeline Pankhurst‚ one author uses the appeal of credibility and the other author uses the appeal of logic to fight for women’s right to vote. Using the appeal of credibility by citing the Constitution and Declaration of Independence‚ Anthony fights for women’s voting rights. Anthony describes that she did not commit a crime that she “simply exercised my citizens right
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"The grandest and greatest reform of all time‚” Susan B. Anthony Stated proudly at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848.The full importance of the revolutionary convention that changed the perceptions of women’s history. The book covers 50 years of women’s activism‚ from 1840-1890‚ focusing on four key figures in that specific period like Lucretia Mott‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ Lucy Stone‚ and Susan B. Anthony. Just like the title states‚ McMillen tells the background stories from where they came from
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their rights‚ and nothing more; women‚ their rights‚ and nothing less." (Anthony) Susan B. Anthony was a participant in many different political movements. Her career as an activist started with her participation in the temperance movement. Her inability to speak at temperance rallies led to her joining the women’s rights movement‚ and later other movements‚ including abolition and education reform (Susan B. Anthony House). Anthony had a large impact on american history during and after the antebellum
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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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On November 5th 1872‚ Susan B. Anthony‚ a suffragette‚ did the impossible. She marched up to the voting booth in Rochester‚ New York and tried to place a ballot for Ulysses S. Grant election of 1872. She was arrested before she could place the ballot into the voting booth‚ but this courageous act created a huge growth and push for The Women’s Suffrage movement of 1920. In The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell‚ Gladwell explains the concept of Tipping Points and their effects on global epidemics.
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