Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Personal Narrative For The Women's Rights Movement?

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Since the making of the United States woman have always been underestimated with their talents, independence, and intelligent. White men had always been the ones who decide the rules and regulation for our country and kept women and other races at a lower education social status so they won’t be able to compete. When women were able to earn somewhat of an income married women were demanded to give their money to their husbands and were not allowed to own property, could not vote, and were taxed without representation. Women did not stand up and make a move for their rights until July 19, 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York at the Woman’s Rights Convention that was held inside the Wesleyan Chapel. The meeting was held by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. 68 women and 32 men agreed on signing a Declarations of Sentiments, the declaration demanded equal rights for men in women in the workplace, education, and give women the rights to vote, and discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women. The primary writer of the Declaration of Sentiment was Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Stanton based this document on the Declarations of Independence that was written in 1776. The convention passed 12 resolutions and 11 totally. Followed by the next two years the woman’s convention became larger meetings in Rochester, NY and later had annual meetings. They did this to show how important it is to remember the progress of the women’s suffrage movement. During this same time women were trying to gain the equal rights as men, women were faced with domestic violence that was endured by their husbands because of excessive use of alcohol the men would be doing and destroying the families apart. …show more content…
This brought many of women into the temperance movement and creating the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, WCTU, in 1874. The union fought for social reform, education, and legislation in concerns of alcohol abuse. Thanks to the union and other anti-alcohol organization that were mainly supported by women the 18th amendment was passed in 1919 and the amendment did not prohibit the consumption of alcohol. This is proof that women did not have an easy life compared to white men and before the women’s movement society made it hard to impossible for a women to make a living on her own. During the early struggles of women’s movement social work leaders like Jane Addams and Florence Kelley fight for equal rights for women and to vote. Their hard work will be remembered in the 1920 when the 19th amendment was passed and gave women the rights to vote. The next goal of the women’s movement was to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, ERA, and this banned discrimination of genders. Although it was passed by Congress in 1972 states refused to ratify the amendment into the Constitution. Equal wage for both men in women is still a struggle today but women have been fighting for that for some time now. From the 1960 men were able to make between 6,000 to 10,000 dollars more than women annually. According to source from the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics in 2010, men who do not have a high school diploma can earn 25,220 while women can earn 19,614. High school

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