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With the civil war approaching, various group sought to perfect and reform society, each with different goals and backgrounds. By creating this reform, groups hoped to expand their liberty and freedoms they enjoyed in this time period. Through this goal of cleansing, certain groups; such as, the women’s movement and the abolitionist’s movement, built each other up in order to benefit them both. The women’s movement and the abolitionist’s movement were intertwined in the way that many woman…

have the right to vote. The movie setting starts off in Philadelphia, where the two young activists Alice Paul and Lucy Burns have a meeting with the two main leaders of NAWSA (National American Women Suffrage Association), Carrie Chapman and Anna Howard. The young suffragists urge the women of NAWSA to try and work on passing a constitutional amendment for women to have the right to vote, however, the older women of NAWSA are persistent on taking their own route to success, preferring a…

The involvement of women’s group in Progressive-era reform movements. The Women of Progressive took charge and develop different reforms. However, voting was at the top to reform. The organizations knew that this was a situation that the federal government could assist women to get things reformed. The Progressive group was the cause of the women's suffrage. The National American Women Suffrage Association (N.A.W.S.A) traveled from state to state. The Association tried to get laws passed so…

to make a difference is something Susan B. Anthony was able to accomplish. A few ways that Anthony played a big role to the women's rights movement is that she fought for female rights, overcame female stereotypes, and fought for female rights her entire life. Susan B. Anthony was always determined to fight for female rights, and she never gave up. First, she believed and fought for the fact that women should have the same opportunities as men. Anthony stated, “Do you not see so long as…

For The Nineteenth Amendment The Nineteenth Amendment states that male or female should be able to vote in the United States. This amendment was passed on June 4th 1919. The right that lets women vote, the 19th amendment, is also known as woman suffrage. All of the talk about women’s rights started in 1848 at the first movement in Seneca Falls, New York. It 72 years of fighting for the women to finally get want they wanted…. Equality. The reason why I am for this amendment is because I…

Women in Politics gives a snapshot of the strides women have made in the political sphere. When the Constitution was written, women were not denied the right to vote, but we weren't necessarily allowed to either. Women have been fighting since democracy's birth for adequate representation and a voice in American politics, up until – and after – the latest presidential election cycle. Women were not even able to vote nationally until 1920, 70 or so years after they started fighting for it.…

Susan Brownell Anthony, born in Adams, Massachusetts; and was the second oldest of eight children (only six of the Anthony children lived to be adults) to Daniel Anthony and Lucy Read. Anthony became a feminist and suffragist, abolitionist, author and speaker activist for women’s suffrage rights and remained active until her death at the age of 86. Susan B. Anthony left an imprint on every woman since she spent most of her life working on social causes; raised in a Quaker politically active…

Brownell Anthony, a Quaker woman, was a compelling woman who opposed the inequality, so women can vote and get an equal education. She persevered in what she believed in, no matter what, even when everyone told her she was wrong. She even had a Quaker man propose marriage to her just so she would stop fighting back. Fortunately, she declined his offer and continued her work on women’s basic human rights. She has been arrested, fined, and she was sick, but she kept fighting. Susan B. Anthony…

was a split in the women's rights until the founding of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) in 1890. It worked for this organization for the benefit of women, and many social, political issues and most famous leaders Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and others. The first important issues for (NAWSA) a good government, better child care, and prohibition…

being bullied growing up and openly speaking about it, she has helped the lives of many children who feel like she felt by reassuring them that things will get better. I think Laverne Cox positively pioneered the transgender role in film. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were a couple of badass women that I wish I could go back in time to…