Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Remarkable socialist and feminist author, Crystal Eastman, in her speech, “Now We Can Begin” apostles the importance of how women should fight for the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, which granted American women the right to vote. Eastman’s purpose is to highlight how women should be able to vote and have basic equal rights which play a vital role in every woman’s life, along with bringing forth the faults in the stereotypical system and its inability to properly prepare women for…

Life comes with many obstacles and challenges. In the 1960s-1980s, during the Feminist Movement, women were fighting for equality, for liberation and for freedoms. Brenda Lager was born and raised in the inner city of Cincinnati in the 1950s. She grew up in a blue collared family and her ancestor descended from indentured servants from Scotland. Brenda Lager had many disadvantages in her life and was restricted in the way she had to live her life. She is a military wife and a mother of two…

Civil right’s movements often cause a variety of strong and influential leaders to come to light. Florence Kelley was a strong and influential leader during the Women’s Civil Rights movement; she spoke at the National American Women’s Suffrage Association in 1905 to persuade in favor of change for the greater and common good. In her speech, Kelley utilizes pathos, anaphora, and connotative diction to convey her claim that the injustices of child labor can be reformed by women attaining political…

Influential abolitionist and women’s rights activist, Sojourner Truth, speaks passionately about women’s rights at the Women’s Convention in Akron, Ohio in 1851 in her speech later titled “Ain’t I a Woman?”. She implements anaphora, rhetorical questions, and religious appeals to pathos and logos to argue that not only should women be treated equal to men, but women of color should be treated equal to white women as well. She was driven to give this speech, because at this particular convention,…

In Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Slaves were living their lives through suffrage no matter who their master was. Women were used to show they had moral power to direct their husbands or sons towards the right path. She also includes her viewpoint of christianity and how religion can be used to abolish slavery. Slaves with a kindest of Masters suffered too, Shelby and St. Clare both treat their slaves in the best well and just ways. One struggles financially the other loses a…

The movie Iron “Jawed Angels Katja” was directed by Katja von Garnier and its story revolves around a woman named Alice Paul. She believed that women should also have voting rights as do men have. The movie shows the plot and scenario of the early 20th century, specifically from 1912 to 1914. At that, women were not considered equal citizens to say the least. There had been many efforts and movements made by the women and human rights communities in the past, but they deservingly won the case…

In the years 1820-1860 Reform movements came about including education, abolition, religion, temperance, and women’s rights. These reform movements were brought up by the Second Great Awakening. The Second Great Awakening began in the late 1790’s in New England and would ultimately spread throughout the country. The Second Great Awakening differed from the First Great Awakening because the people now had more religious freedom, as opposed to having everything based on one religion. The Second…

The fight for women’s suffrage had been a long winded and grueling battle, but on August 26, 1920 women finally got the vote, 70 years after the Seneca Falls Convention, the Nineteenth Amendment stated, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged… on account of sex.” However, African American women were unfortunately still largely disenfranchised. Nonetheless, before women were enfranchised they undertook several political reforms such as birth control and…

momentum)They began helping the black slaves achieve freedom. After the civil war two new amendments were passed the 14th(idk what this is), and the fifteenth amendment stating that race was no longer an issue but they disregarded the gender issue. In 1869 Stanton and Susan B. Anthony formed the National Woman’s Suffrage…

On September 16 at 7:30 in Williams Hall, I attended She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry, one of the Southern Circuit Films touring this year. This film was mainly about the in depth history of the women’s movement. From failures to successes, this film included profound details of the movement. Mary Dore, the director of this film, did an excellent job compiling copious amount of interviews and footages from the women who initiated the movement. These women not only recognized the need to speak up…