1848-1895: The Rise Of The Feminist Movement

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IHow did the feminist movement in 1848-1895 later on affect or change our time period now?

The first gathering to women’s rights in the United States was held in July 19-20 1848, in Seneca Falls,New York. About 100 people attended the convention; two-thirds of the attendees were women, the other one-third were men. “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.”_by:stanton Among the resolutions set forth in Stanton’s “Declaration” was the goal of achieving the “sacred right of franchise.”

In the year of 1848 the first women's right gathering in the United States was on July 19-20. It was held at Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New york. The convention was called by Mott and Stanton. On August 2 another meeting was held at the Unitarian Church in Rochester, NY. Amelia Bush became the first woman with authority over a meeting. The reunion was attended by both men and women. In New York state house of representatives they pass the law that gives women the authority to hold possession of property that they owned prior to their marriage.

Throughout all Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life more fair for women everywhere. It's not about a piece of the existing pie ; there are too many of us for that. It's about baking a new pie.” -Gloria Steinem
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it symbolized that women could do anything a man could do this fictional character was a huge inspiration to women because during WWII women took the jobs of men while the men fought in the war they worked in factories,offices everywhere you name it the women liked this, this sense of power they did the work just as good as the men sometimes even better,they had to quit when the war was over but they didn't stand for it they held protest they boycotted products they did everything possible to keep working and eventually it

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