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in progress is taken” (Rynder). She also became the 1st president of the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA), which was a major organization in the fight for women’s suffrage. Another early leader of the women rights movement was Susan B. Anthony, who co-founded the National Woman Suffrage…

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…

Anthony was one of the prominent suffragette figures in this era. After being arrested for voting illegally in an election, Anthony made a speech entitled “Woman’s Rights to Suffrage.” In this speech, she explains that she was exercising her “citizen’s rights,” the same ones that were promised to her and “all United States citizens,” “beyond the power of any state to deny” (Anthony). Anthony’s words roused women into action as she said, “Being…

about minorities whom are in the minority when it comes to how they identify themselves. Whether it is obvious that one is in the minority or not, scrutiny towards your self-identity can be very damaging mentally. In “Racial Identities” by Kwame Anthony Appiah discusses what a race…

In this interpretation paper, I wanted to talk about “On American Motherhood” the speech President Theodore Roosevelt gave to the National Congress of Mothers in March 13, 1905. When I first read the speech, I jotted down points I either agreed, found interesting and disagree with. Everyone has their own opinion on this speech and here is my conclusion. This speech was giving in front of the National Congress of Mother and it was intended for the lower and middle class of those times. He…

“Give me liberty or give me death,” a phrase by Patrick Henry, Former Governor of Virginia, spoken during his speech at the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775. This very same phrase without a doubt, describes the passion and dynamic of a group of women who stopped at nothing to fight for American women’s right to vote. This phrase also used in the movie Iron Jawed Angels truly emulates the milestones lead women, such as Alice Paul women would take to end women’s suffrage. In the movie…

Anthony; they spent a lot of time together and eventually formed a unique relationship. Stanton was well-known for public speaking and wrote speeches that captured the audience 's attention, while Anthony was best at organizing and planning events. During the course of their friendship, they joined the temperance movement. The temperance movement was a campaign committed to encouraging sobriety, self-restrain and abstinence regarding the consumption of alcohol. In 1852, Anthony was elected…

The 19th amendment, Title VII, Title IX, Roe v. Wade; while all of these are ratifications that the United States has implemented throughout its short history to transform itself into a nation whose ideals fall upon equality, there was a time when they did not exist and inequality was rampant among gender, race, and social class. It has taken hundreds of years to reach the societal equality we have today and it is all thanks to the first steps that were taken by women and slaves in the late 18th…

“Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions”: A Stance on Suffrage The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 is marked as the official start of the suffrage movement in the United States. In a chapel holding roughly two hundred women, Elizabeth Cady Stanton makes a stance with her speech “Declaration of Sentiments and Resolution” (Burns). Stanton makes bold statements in this piece about inequality and the oppressment of women by a government where men solely held office and calls for radical change.…

Gender politics have been an issue in the United States since the early 20th century. The feminist movement grew to a national movement quickly once women realized and became aware of the injustices they faced due to their gender. After years of fighting for basic rights, women continue to fight for wage equality, the right to a legal abortion, federally mandated maternity leave or daycare, and many other things. The Men’s Rights Movement showed up in the 1970s, fighting against real and…