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“I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.” In that quote Susan B. Anthony is declaring that any woman has as much right than any man to vote. Anthony was born on February 15,1820 in Massachusetts. Anthonys family were Quakers, that means they are religious and Anthony was the second of seven children in her family. Anthony went to a public school until she was seven, and her teacher refused to teach…

Women’s Rights Susan B. Anthony was born on Feb. 15, 1820. Once Susan grew older, she helped with the finding of the Women’s Suffrage Association (where she later became the president of the association.) Her work helped open the eyes to women everywhere, and how they can do so much more in their lifetime when they gain rights. Susan B. Anthony helped pave the path for women and their rights everywhere. Without her motivation, women might not have the rights they do today. In the 19th…

In the late 19th century there was a great impact on women’s rights, therefore it was very devastating for the women who lived in America around that time period. Not only did they not share the same rights or opportunities as men, but were also being treated as maids. Women struggled to achieve equal rights for themselves, and they knew, they had to do something about it. Even though this was a huge issue here in the United States, it was also an issue in other countries such as Canada, United…

Exam 4 Essay The Declaration of Independence was being drafted by members of the Continental Congress when Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, John Adams. She was requesting that they “Remember the Ladies.” She felt that women’s influence should reach beyond the home, and that they should have independent power to make their own choices regarding their lives and wellbeing. Adams was privately petitioning her husband, and she wanted him to, in turn petition on the behalf of women. She was…

Lizeth Gamino Professor Leonhardt History 300 November 2, 2016 Presentation Summary Crystal Catherine Eastman was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts on June 25, 1881 and died on July 8, 1928. She was an American lawyer, antimilitarist, feminist, socialist, and journalist. She is best known as a leader in the fight for women's rights or better known as the women’s suffrage. She was also a co-founder and co-editor of the radical arts and politics magazine The Liberator, and co-founder of the…

The drug 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA), or more commonly known as Ecstasy, is a synthetic drug that can alter a person’s mood or perception. It also is known to produce feelings of increased energy, pleasure, emotional warmth, and distorts sensory and time perception (What is MDMA). Ecstasy was very popular back in the 1970s and 80’s among those who attended nightclubs and all-night dance parties (Skomorowsky). Ecstasy was taken in order to help party goers get more in tune with the…

elections. With an influx of homesteads and families expanding westward women were labeled “working women” as the term describes women who were employed as prostitutes in saloons (Hewitt and Lawson 2013, 502-503). In 1870 Lottie Rollin addressed a convention on women’s rights stating, “We ask suffrage not as a favor, not as a privilege, but as a right based on the ground that we are human beings, and as such, entitled to all human beings” (Stanton, Anthony and Gage 1870).The right to vote was a…

they were being treated unfairly, which caused them to found the woman's suffrage movement. However, the movement did not actually start until the year 1848, when two reformers named Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton called a woman's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York, where one of the reformers lived. This was one of the first public appeals for woman suffrage. Another show of wanting woman equality came in the year 1916, when Margaret Sanger opened the first American…

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to further the progress of one of the great causes in America. Due to the great reformers of our nation like Teddy Roosevelt, the movement of Progressivism has set out to fix several social, ecological and economical issues. While some people may say that donating one's life savings to charity causes is ill advised I admire your decision to do so. Your contributions to these causes will give people, in need of help due to the injustices of our time, hope,…

Women's History Month International women's day is an essential day in our history because we have historic women who rock! In 1910, Clara Zetkin came up with the idea for that day on March 8th. International women's day was for united nations in 1975. Between those years not much happened. The U.N. created an annual theme in the mid-90s for women's day. In 2011, President Obama declared March is women's history month. Three examples of powerful women are Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, and…