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    land‚ and be sued by others if unmarried. A women who became married gave up everything to her husband‚ even her name. During the history the men effectively owned his wife and the children as material possessions. Two women‚ Elizabeth Stanton and Susan B. Anthony‚ who were temperance and antislavery advocates formed the National Women Suffrage Association (NWSA) in New York in 1869. Another women‚ Lucy Stone‚ organized American Women Suffrage Association (AWSA) in Boston at the same time. As women

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    This is an excellent book to read. The Myth of Seneca Falls tells the story about the memory of the woman suffrage movement. Lisa Tetrault discusses how Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton are the famed founders of the women’s movement. Not only does Tetrault briefly tell her readers about the real story of Seneca Falls‚ New York in 1848‚ she provides her readers with a narrative built on research. Readers become familiar with the story that spanned from the 1840s through the end of the century

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    the time of the Civil War‚ Susan B. Anthony‚ a Massachusetts teacher‚ recommended a temporary suspension of suffragist activities. After the war‚ meetings continued and abolitionists and suffragists began disagreeing. The abolitionists were worried that their campaign to enfranchise male ex-slaves would be stalled by the demands of the female suffragists. It was suggested for the women to postpone their campaign. This was unthinkable‚ and Elizabeth Stanton and Susan B. Anthony‚ who were particularly

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    Seeking approval means that family must accept the family members as they are. This is hard for someone who abandons their son for their own good. In the short story‚ “As It is with Strangers” author Susan Beth Pfeffer portrays the theme of acceptance through Linda experience of giving her son away for the best future. The first way that Linda is showed acceptance by her son Jack. Tiffany describes their mother to Jack and the reader as a hard working mom‚ who gives it her all.Tiffany tells him

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    they can say what they are really after; and what they are after‚ in common with all the rest of the struggling world‚ is freedom” (Eastman). The women’s rights movement had many women who fought for women’s rights‚ some of these women included Susan B. Anthony‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott and many more. These women worked extremely hard as activist for women’s rights. The fight lasted for many years‚ but they day finally came and women got the right to vote and now they could begin

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    A Bit of Singing and Dancing by Susan Hill is the short story of Esme Fanshaw‚ who following a lifetime of caring after her bedridden tyrannical mother‚ is finally set free. Although forced by her mother to live modestly‚ Esme inherits 6‚000 pounds from her late‚ stingy mother. With so much cash in hand‚ she has great plans for her immediate and far future‚ among which travelling and moving to London: “She felt flushed and a little drunk then‚ she felt that all things were possible‚ the future was

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    most important catalysts involved in the fight for the women’s suffrage from 1848 to 1920. Alice Paul was an American suffragist‚ women’s rights activist‚ and the main leader of the campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment which was ratified in 1920. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were earlier social reformers and women’s rights activists who formed a lifelong partnership with each other in dedication to the suffrage movement. Ida B. Wells was another leading figure of the Women’s Suffrage

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    there were several feminist movements in the United States. One movement is when Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her partner‚ Susan B. Anthony launched the National Women Suffrage Association (NWSA) demanding the vote for women. Suffragists won victories in Colorado in 1893‚ and Idaho in 1896. However‚ women suffered a harsh defeat in a California poll. According to the textbook‚ Susan B. Anthony’s last word in her last public appearance in 1906 was “Failure is impossible” (Roark 536). Another feminist

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    beginning. It amazes me how what these women did for not just themselves‚ the women of that time‚ but for also the women of today. They were head strong and very determined‚ had they not be‚ would we as women have rights today? Elizabeth Stanton and Susan Anthony were two of the women that fought for our rights as women. Had it not been for Elizabeth Stanton and the other ladies holding the Women’s Right Convention in Seneca Falls‚ New York on July 19-20‚ of 1848 I’m not really sure if we would even

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    women * It is the duty of women to win their rights | The Suffrage Movement Leading up to the Ratification of the 19th Amendment | * The Declaration of Sentiments (See above) * Woman’s rights convention in Syracuse in 1856 * Lead by Susan B Anthony * Minor V. Happersett * Rejected claims of suffrage from 14th amendment * Caused suffragettes to turn from courts to states and congress * Admission of Wyoming (1890) * Allowed women to vote * First state to allow this * By

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