Hague Conventions

The Origin of Women’s Empowerment in America There is no doubt that the single most significant event in American History was gaining independence from Britain; nonetheless, the Woman’s Rights Movement is a comparable event that would forever change the face of American culture not only politically but also, socially. For more than 140 years after the founding of the Constitution, which created a predominately white male society, women would still struggle to earn their rights for equality.…

Lucretia Mott, Martha Coffin Wright, and a handful of other women systematized the first women’s rights convention at the Stanton home in Seneca Falls on July 19 and 20. Stanton wrote a Declaration of Sentiments, which she displayed on the Declaration of Independence, to formally proclaim the equality of men and women and propose resolutions, including female suffrage. The Seneca Falls Convention was attended by over 300 people, including Frederick Douglass. One hundred of the participants…

Stanton soon brought up the problem of never-ending mistreatment of women and her discontent with how others, especially men, were addressing the topic. After listening and being persuaded by Stanton’s speech, the group of women decided to hold a convention after experiencing first-hand how women were treated when it came to politics or something other than family responsibilities, the women felt strong about doing this in hopes of bringing forth the issue of women’s rights. They were motivated…

Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) was born in Moss Side, Manchester. In fact, it is her birth certificate, which states so; else she believed that she was born a day earlier on Bastille Day (The National Celebration) that had a special influence on her life. She was a British political activist, leader of the suffragette movement and was the major contributor in helping women to win the right to vote. She was born and brought up by her politically active parents in England. Out of ten children she…

During the first half of the twentieth century, the Colorado mountains became home to a handful of women who had fled the trappings of their former societies in hopes of refuge and adventure. One such woman was Virginia Donaghe McClurg, who became the first white woman to visit Mesa Verde and in later years would become immensely involved in the Colorado Cliff Dwellings Association, which fought to make the site a national park. Also an active member of this committee was Lucy Peabody, who,…

1. Although during Jackson’s presidency some things were made more democratic, I believe the ladder of his decisions outweighed these points and summarized his election to one where the majority of people lost their voice in the government. His level of democracy was increased by the abolitionist movement, where individuals such as William Lloyd Garrison tried to outlaw slavery and the women’s rights movement, where women began to speak out for gender and slavery equality. Both these examples…

through her incredible efforts of supporting and leading the first women’s rights movement from the start (Davis 1). To begin, Stanton’s influence and interest in women’s rights began when she attended the World’s Anti-Slavery Convention in London in 1840. At this convention, women were not allowed directly in, thus ostracized from the events proceeding inside.…

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, described in Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life By Lori D. Ginzberg, was an argumentative, stubborn, determined, independent, and impatient activist who could not be told otherwise of what she thought. She demanded women 's rights and had very strong opinions on women 's place in politics, society, and marriage which she fought for throughout seventy years of her lifetime. With her large personality, she was never afraid to stick up for her beliefs and opinions.…

The fact that two Quaker women, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott had the courage to stand up and start a movement by holding the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 for the right to vote and equal rights for not only slaves but for Women 's rights, marking the beginning of something even bigger then they realized and their declaration of sentiments was a useful tool in encouraging others to vote. Susan…

A New Woman is a feminist ideal who has evolved in the late nineteenth century and had a reflective power on feminism into the twentieth century. The term ‘New Woman’ was coined by an American writer, Sarah Grand in her article The New Aspect of the Woman Question, published in the North American Review in March 1894. The term was further popularized by British-American writer Henry James, to describe the growth in the number of feminist, educated, independent career women in Europe and the…