Hague Conventions

Feminism’s Impact on Today’s Women Before the positive effects of the Feminist movement, which dramatically changed the view society had on women and made a woman able to do actions and tasks that were only done by men and considered to be things that men did. Today, a woman has almost the same chance at being successful as men do, a major change and improvement from the late 1900's. It is important to note that not until the year of 1920, did women have the right to vote, while men, without…

Harriet Tubman said, Every great dream begins with a great dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, patience, and the stars to change the world.” This quote is explaining that everyone has a dream, but it takes guts, perseverance and time to accomplish any dream. It took many amazing women and 50 years to gain rights for women to vote and to be in office. It takes inner strength to help those who cannot help themselves. If not for Susan B. Anthony, Shirley Chisholm, Elizabeth…

In “the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions Seneca Falls Conference” society exemplifies a blind eye on the cultural, political, religious, and economic disparities between genders. Elizabeth Cady Stanton speaks to the audience of men, the government, and the patriarchal society who feel they are free and equal regardless of others around them not having the same luxury. Up to the present time in “the history of mankind,” there has been a pattern of a patriarchal society where man had…

of women in the United States. As they spoke about the limitations placed on women under America's new democracy, they decided that something must be done. Over the two following days after their meeting, they planned the first women's rights convention which took place in Seneca Falls, New . YorkDuring the preparation for this event, Elizabeth Caddy Stanton wrote the Declaration of Sentiments using the framework of the declaration of independence. This outlined the areas of life where women…

I found this document by using the database link of Chronicling America and typing in the search engine the exact phrase: “women suffrage”, as well as, selecting the date period of 1865 to 1925. Once I received my results, it was difficult to find a document that I really wanted to read, but I finally found one that pointed out to me at the end of page 1 labeled “The day book., (Chicago, Ill.), January 29, 1915, LAST EDITION, Image 1”. As I selected this document, it turned out to be a newspaper…

Elizabeth Cady Stanton: The Women’s Right Fighter Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the earliest American women’s rights activists in the 19th century. However, Stanton was also an active abolitionist with her husband and cousin. During her time, Stanton was a well-educated woman, who wanted to attend a college that only admitted males. It was common that colleges would restrict women from attending there. When it came to Stanton, she focused mainly on the issues pertaining to women’s right…

In 1848 the first women’s rights convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York it took them 2 days to finally debate and make a decision that women shall have equal rights as men, and still till this day we are being separated because of our gender. Thanks to Susan B Anthony & Elizabeth C Stanton for the National Women Suffrage association without them till this day we still would not be able to have the rights we deserve as women. In 1893 Colorado was the first state to give women the right to…

There is a start for everything. Whether it was a negative or positive way it was always a start. When Elizabeth Cady first wrote the Declaration of Sentiment it gave people a whole new understanding of the disadvantages women were having. When Franklin D. Roosevelt made the Pearl Harbour Speech, it gave those who were oblivious an insight of the tragedy. These speeches were made to declare information and or statements that need to be said to help the cause that they were currently stuck in.…

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a leader of the women's suffrage movement (women wanting the right to vote). She founded several organizations and held many gatherings such as the Seneca Falls Convention, on the first day of this specific confrence Stanton read the "Declaration of Sentiments and Grievances" this decleration was written up to modle the actual Declaration of Independence. This specific declartaion convinced many women that the movement needed to be taken to the next level. She…

The extract is a transcript of Emma Watson’s speech as an UN Women Goodwill Ambassador advocating gender equality. The speech is given at a event for HeForShe campaign held at United Nations Headquarters in New York, 20 September 2014. Her speech shows her concern about feminism and there is a need for gender equality. Through her speech, she attempts to inform and persuade the audience on the needs of gender equality and a change in views of stereotypes. The speech that was presented uses…