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    the men had. There were women who fought for it and men who stood by their side and then there were those who were scared of the possible outcomes that right to vote would bring. Which brought groups that were against women’s rights. Many women-suffrage advocates had to over obstacles and some weren’t correct in the way they recruited for their movement. Stanton and Susan B. Anthony decided to not support the Fifteenth Amendment (guarantees African Males the

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    Activity #3 Q1. What are the factors that contributed to Universal Robina Corp’s success? Universal Robina Corporation (URC) traces its beginnings all the way back to 1954. John Gokongwei was doing very well then as a trader/importer. He had learned the trade when his father died before the war‚ and had worked hard through the war and postwar years to prosper. However‚ while he thrived‚ he took a long hard look at his company‚ and correctly predicted that trading would remain a low-margin business

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    which antagonised some feminists at the time. It was the Chartist Movement‚ which began as a result of this act‚ which inspired women to campaign for their right to vote. For instance‚ they were able to see how the working class men worked for universal suffrage

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    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)‚ to educate and motivate the masses. Catt gave commanding speeches‚ provided much-needed enthusiasm‚ and was an excellent organizer‚ making her years working with and leading

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    Susan Brownell Anthony was born in February 15‚ 1820 in Adams‚ Massachusetts and died at the age of 86 in March 13‚ 1906 in Rochester‚ New York. Susan was a social reformer and feminist who played an important role in the women’s suffrage movement. She started collecting anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. In 1856‚ she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. In 1851 she met a woman named Elizabeth Cady Stanton who became her lifelong friend and co-worker primarily

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    Women’s Suffrage The 19th amendment was made when women having the right to vote was passed which came because women didn’t have the right to vote. Women’s suffrage is when women vote in elections to decide our next president. Many women was involved with making women rights happen. Women rights was a great and major movement in life time. Back then woman didn’t really have the opportunities to do things like they can now. Women rights didn’t have equal rights with men. Men were able to go to work

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    “Discuss the methods used in the Women’s Suffrage Movement” The Suffragette’s were a group involved in the Women’s Suffrage Movement of the 19th and 20th century. The struggle for equality for women in Great Britain started long before the turn of the 20th Century. Not all suffragettes agreed with militancy. The movement split into two major factions: The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Society (NUWSS) led by Millicent Fawcett and The Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) led by Emmaline

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    I do believe that the women suffrage movement was a united movement‚ because after watching the movie “Iron Jawed Angles”‚ it didn’t matter if you were a college girl‚ working women‚ or an African American women everyone women came and worked together for a better future for women. Even though in the American Women Suffrage Association (AWSA) only focused on women being able to vote‚ and the National Women Suffrage Association (NWSA) not only focused on the women being able to but also on different

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    Universal Health Care The issue of health care is a widely debated issue in the United States today. The United States spends more on health care than any other country in the world‚ but there are 48.6 million people that do not have health insurance. The United States also has one of the lowest life expectancies in the industrialized world‚ and 45‚000 people die every year due to a lack of health care. The United States Congress passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010 to try to correct some

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    opportunities as men. But why is there this gender inequality in politics‚ why is there an unequal distribution of power between men and women‚ and why was suffrage denied to women in the United States for so long? Women chose not to continue being stay-at-home moms doing the chores‚ cooking and cleaning for hundreds of years. The debate of women’s suffrage started since the mid 1800’s to gain a voice in politics. “The equal treatment and voting rights of women have been debated since 1848 at the first women’s

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