For hundreds and hundreds of years, woman all over the world have been struggling to be seen as an equal gender to men. From gaining rights in political areas to gaining rights to wear what woman want, people are always putting up a fight for equality. In this essay, I am going to talk about all the amazing woman who helped us get to where we are today.
First, I am going to tell you about Malala Yousafzai. As a child, Malala believed strongly in fair education across genders. She was born July 12, 1997, living in MIngora, Pakistan. Her town was a small, tourist filled area until the Taliban started to take control. When the Taliban started to attack girls schools, Malala gave a speech. The speech was started with "How dare the Taliban take …show more content…
Gloria Steinem was born March 25, 1934, in Toledo, Ohio. Gloria started out in her early days to be an author, but no one would take her writing as she is a woman. One day she went to watch an abortion hearing. When in high school, Gloria herself had an abortion, so the topic hit close to home. At the hearing, she heart arguments such as “abortion is murder”, and watching all the women fight for rights that day impacted her. She chose to become an woman's activist. During the late 60’s, she wrote a political column acting as contributing editor to a new york magazine. She than let out her own magazine, MS, in the year 1972. The magazines push for women's rights made it a best seller. It covered so many topics, from sexual harassment to politics. She carried on to publish essays and several books, was active in political campaigns and spoke out on women's issues, and was a leader in many political organizations for woman, such as Choice USA and Women's Action Alliance. At the age of 66, her husband died due to cancer. To this very day, she is a feminist and known …show more content…
She became an icon to look up to for feminists worldwide. She Co founded the national organization for women in 1966, serving as its first president. Betty fought for abortion rights by establishing the national association for the repeal of abortion laws in the year 1969. Betty than helped to create the national Women's political caucus in 1971. In 1982 Betty created her second book, “The second stage”. It created to help women balance between work and home demands.
When she stopped conforming to the conventional picture of femininity she finally began to enjoy being a woman. - Betty Friedan.
To this very day, these powerful woman are still remembered and respected by woman and man worldwide. Although we have not solved all the gender equality problems, these woman have helped us get to where we are today, which is a society well on its way to gender equality. "I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't." -
First, I am going to tell you about Malala Yousafzai. As a child, Malala believed strongly in fair education across genders. She was born July 12, 1997, living in MIngora, Pakistan. Her town was a small, tourist filled area until the Taliban started to take control. When the Taliban started to attack girls schools, Malala gave a speech. The speech was started with "How dare the Taliban take …show more content…
Gloria Steinem was born March 25, 1934, in Toledo, Ohio. Gloria started out in her early days to be an author, but no one would take her writing as she is a woman. One day she went to watch an abortion hearing. When in high school, Gloria herself had an abortion, so the topic hit close to home. At the hearing, she heart arguments such as “abortion is murder”, and watching all the women fight for rights that day impacted her. She chose to become an woman's activist. During the late 60’s, she wrote a political column acting as contributing editor to a new york magazine. She than let out her own magazine, MS, in the year 1972. The magazines push for women's rights made it a best seller. It covered so many topics, from sexual harassment to politics. She carried on to publish essays and several books, was active in political campaigns and spoke out on women's issues, and was a leader in many political organizations for woman, such as Choice USA and Women's Action Alliance. At the age of 66, her husband died due to cancer. To this very day, she is a feminist and known …show more content…
She became an icon to look up to for feminists worldwide. She Co founded the national organization for women in 1966, serving as its first president. Betty fought for abortion rights by establishing the national association for the repeal of abortion laws in the year 1969. Betty than helped to create the national Women's political caucus in 1971. In 1982 Betty created her second book, “The second stage”. It created to help women balance between work and home demands.
When she stopped conforming to the conventional picture of femininity she finally began to enjoy being a woman. - Betty Friedan.
To this very day, these powerful woman are still remembered and respected by woman and man worldwide. Although we have not solved all the gender equality problems, these woman have helped us get to where we are today, which is a society well on its way to gender equality. "I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We've been taught that silence would save us, but it won't." -