Anthony Kennedy

Today, we take women's suffrage for granted, but back in the 1800's and 1900's it was a big deal. People like Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton fought their whole lives for the vote, but they never lived to see it happen. The two made petitions and stood up for what they believed in, and now women today can thank them for helping them get the right to vote. The fight for women's suffrage began in the early decades before the Civil War. Women were outraged over the fact that men…

For decades women struggled for the rights to vote along with travel what seemed to be an almost impossible journey to full and equal civil rights as American citizens. Women like Marie Jenney Howe helped pave the way for women to have a chance at achieving that goal. Howe was a member of the newly formed National Women’s Suffrage Association. She was also known for her monolog parody on the Opposition to Women’s Suffrage, created in 1913. Howe wrote and performed this parody because of the…

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Terry Luteri History George Kepple March 2017 WCTU The WCTU,(the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union) was the first large scale movement by women, according to their web site. Yes, they are still around and active. They were “organized by women who were concerned about the destructive power of alcohol and the problems it was causing their families and society.” They were founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in November, 1874. It came out of a Woman’s Crusade in the winter of 1873-1874, in Freedom, New…

the country. A new enemy to the mafia was soon lurking in the shadows. Robert Kennedy had put together a team of trained personnel to rid the country of all mob bosses. Marcello was called to trial on March 25, 1959, but like his last appearance he was not forthcoming. Marcello was in the clear for now, but Kennedy was about to earn a new position and all the power that comes with it. When his brother, John F. Kennedy, became president he elected Robert as attorney general and Robert made it…

Anthony. The two joined together and made a great team. Stanton was considered the brains of the team, and Anthony the hands and feet to promote Stanton’s ideas to share with the world. The pair edited and published a woman’s rights newspaper called the Revolution. The paper was published from January 8…

had been denied the right to vote and other rights. For over seventy years they fought for freedom and numerous rights for women. After the first meeting on July 19th at Seneca Falls in New York, abolitionists Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony planned meetings to work on getting more rights for women (“The women 's rights movement”). After a significant amount of fighting and convention after convention to try and gain rights, they came up with a solution, this solution was Amendment…

suffrage movement was because women were fighting for the right to vote in elections. In 1890, two national suffrage organizations that were rivals merged together and made the National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA), led by Susan B. Anthony. They made many attempts to vote in the early 1870s but were turned away, after being turned away they filed lawsuits in hope the Supreme Court would agree that women had the right to vote, because of the constitution. Once the Supreme Court…

During the Gilded Age , the United States saw the growth of the economy, the development of new technologies and products that would definitely help improve the way of living of the middle class citizens, but in this period of time also came with many downfalls such as the corruption made by ineffective politicians, child labor, low wages for massive amount of working hours, and the poor treatment toward minorities and women. However, it was not until the Progressive Era , when the United States…

movement led to a similar women and friend of Stanton, Susan B. Anthony to travel a’ nd speak as well, most famously her address on women 's Right to vote of 1873 describing her experience and beliefs. Both these women played prominent roles in establishing groups and organizations, which in a way made their speeches more effective in the regard the were well known and established when it came to Women 's Rights and equality. Prior to Anthony giving delivering her famous “On Women’s Right to…