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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen: The Rights of Woman The background of Marry Wollstonecraft author of From a Vindication of the Rights of Woman, living in 1759 to 1797 it is a clear understanding about why she wrote about woman’s write and she could have been one of the leading people in the women rights movement with a continuance with the Feminist movement. “Men and women must be educated, in a great degree, by the opinions and manners of the society they live in. In every…

history in favor of more famous figures, such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. These six ordinary women organized a meeting in Albany to discuss women’s rights and place in society before the famous Seneca Falls Convention, which is often marked as the first convention to discuss women’s rights in America. The six women were also remarkable for the fact that they wrote a petition in the vein of the Declaration of Independence, stating that women possessed “inalienable rights” when it…

INTRODUCTION Blake Martin is the senior pastor at Wallace Avenue Baptist Church (WABC) in Shawnee, Oklahoma and has been there since August 2016. Blake is married to Bryse Martin who is a student at Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) and they have been married since August 2015. Blake was hired at WABC after serving at two other churches in Shawnee. At only 23 years of age and little experience under his belt, most people assume that WABC is a church of mostly college age students, however the…

Susan B. Anthony was a suffragist and a pioneer for women’s rights. She was a founder of Daughters of Temperance, Women’s Loyal League and The National Women’s Suffrage Association. Anthony delivers a Stump Speech on voting rights in all 29 postal districts of Monroe County, New York in 1872, after being convicted of voting illegally in the 1872 presidential election. During her speech, she focuses on the equal voting rights for women at the ballot just as men have. The purpose of the speech was…

Ecstasy was made in 1914 by German chemists. It was originally patented by Merck, a pharmaceutical company. It was made as a diet pill. But it was never sold for that purpose. In 1965, ecstasy was re-created in the United States by a chemist named Alexander Shulgin. He shared his discovery with a small group of friends and physiatrists.The history of ecstasy use in the United States began in the 1970s and has been a problem since. In the 1970s, groups of physiatrists began to experiment with…

The beginning of the women’s suffrage movement grew out of a larger women’s rights movement. This reform really developed in the United States beginning in the 19th century. The atmosphere for social reform was fertile ground for the women’s rights movement. Initially, it began as a broad spectrum of goals, and later focused on the cause of suffrage. The domestic role, organized religion, education, and industrialization contributed to the emergence of the women’s political movement.…

to the population. The next influential clubwomen to take up the cause for reconstruction were Maude Moore Latham and Gertrude Carroway. Affluence and influence were needed to get the reconstruction project off the ground, and Maude Moore Latham had both. She was involved and held leadership positions with many groups and societies such as: North Carolina Art Society, Folk Lore Society, Literary and Historical Association, Book Club, Woman’s Club of Greensboro, Garden Club of North Carolina. ,…

It all began on the year of 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York when 68 women and 32 men signed the “Declaration of Sentiments” which started the women’s rights movement. The first big step was when Susan B. Anthoy won the fight for women’s suffrage in 1919. Later on Congress allowed women to have more jobs, get a better education, and join the military, but are they treated just as equal as men? Even now in the 21st century men and women have totally different standards. Women are not treated…

Samar Ebeid Professor Pitanza English 151 March 8th 2017 As a Half of the Community Imagine yourself as a female who is living in the era before 1884; before the Declaration of Sentiments was written. Imagine yourself as a mother, a wife and an individual who has no rights, like a piece of property with no voice. Just by imagining that in the 21st century, it will blow people's minds but what about people back then? Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an early leader of the woman's rights movement,…

Stepping Stone Lucy Stone played a large role in the women's rights movement and also was the first women to attend college in Massachusetts. Her and her husband stood up against societal norms and became an inspiration to couples across the nation. Lucy stone is significant in my eyes because I believe in women's rights. I greatly appreciate the women in history who paved the path, creating the society we are lucky to have today. I wanted to look deeper into women who were not necessarily…