Historically it has been an ongoing struggle for different entities to be recognized constitutionally across the United States of America. Citizenship in the U.S. is a very complex topic, for that reason, many presidential elections, political discussions, and electoral campaigns continue to focus on who could be granted those rights. Citizenship is also the most sought by immigrants across the world and it is define as, “The fact or status of being a citizen of a particular place” (Webster). With citizenship of that certain place one can be able to work, vote, and par-take in political civilian duties. One who is not a citizen will ultimately be affected by the political decisions made by those who were, by birth and because their gender
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Women in particular will go through a long, brutal, and revolutionary journey to gain the right to vote, work, and be taken into account during political decisions. Through those year’s women created organizations, recruited other women with the same interests, and attended conventions to take control over their lives and become more independent. However, because gender and race plays a huge part in politics, woman rights activist like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony faced many struggles through their fight against inequality.
Organizations are helpful to communities because they can provide extensive information about certain social and political causes that are taking place. Joining an organization is proactive and can often lead to the representation of a revolutionary outcome. In the 19th century many …show more content…
Eventually women were allowed to attend but they were not allowed to sit and part-take in any of the discussions. It sounds counterproductive but many of the women who attended learned a lot from their husbands. Conventions were often organized by leaders of the suffrage movement. These conventions formed a purpose for women to discuss with one another and organize and recruit. In most conventions leaders would read their reforms or discuss decisions. Often Stanton and Anthony were not allowed to attend or speak during other seminars, which led to them organizing their own. As upper class white women it could’ve played a factor as to why they were confident and never gave up. They were educated nonetheless and grew up in wealthy homes and in homes where both parents owned property. This may had affected the relationship between Stanton and Anthony as later on in the years of suffrage they both had a fall
Women in particular will go through a long, brutal, and revolutionary journey to gain the right to vote, work, and be taken into account during political decisions. Through those year’s women created organizations, recruited other women with the same interests, and attended conventions to take control over their lives and become more independent. However, because gender and race plays a huge part in politics, woman rights activist like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony faced many struggles through their fight against inequality.
Organizations are helpful to communities because they can provide extensive information about certain social and political causes that are taking place. Joining an organization is proactive and can often lead to the representation of a revolutionary outcome. In the 19th century many …show more content…
Eventually women were allowed to attend but they were not allowed to sit and part-take in any of the discussions. It sounds counterproductive but many of the women who attended learned a lot from their husbands. Conventions were often organized by leaders of the suffrage movement. These conventions formed a purpose for women to discuss with one another and organize and recruit. In most conventions leaders would read their reforms or discuss decisions. Often Stanton and Anthony were not allowed to attend or speak during other seminars, which led to them organizing their own. As upper class white women it could’ve played a factor as to why they were confident and never gave up. They were educated nonetheless and grew up in wealthy homes and in homes where both parents owned property. This may had affected the relationship between Stanton and Anthony as later on in the years of suffrage they both had a fall