Lucretia Mott

Literature Against Oppression Freedom of being who you are and acceptance is something that people with blessing overlook, and people without it strive to attain. Throughout American literature and history, problems of injustice have always been present. Sadly, many just accept that the fact that they are detested by society, very few know how to fight against it. The community has a way of creating a variety of oppression groups, American Literature being no exception, such as race and gender…

Think, are women really treated equally with all of the same rights as men? After long, fought years for rights, women are still seen as being in the minority compared to men. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a women’s rights activist, one of the key leaders of the movement. She was just as impactful as the other women, struggling to get females the rights that they legitimately deserve. Despite being a woman with no rights, her powerful speeches and actions changed the lives of women in America forever.…

Prior to the Progressive Era, industrialization, urbanization, and immigration had quickly changed the nation in dramatic ways, to such an extremity that Progressives believed the only way to fix problems was through government involvement. The political progressive reforms beginning in 1890 and further were mostly successful, even though some yielded muddled results. As a whole, many beneficial improvements were able to rise out of the Progressive Era that aided in ameliorating and shaping the…

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…

formation of certain Acts, such as the Women’s Property Act, are some of the recognizable efforts the government put in place. However, most of the efforts made to grant women their freedom were from individuals and movements. For instance, women like Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Stanton made landmark contributions on this front. It is from the efforts of such people that women were allowed to work 10 hours per day in textile industries, the Women’s Right Convention of1848 were held and Harriet…

The woman suffrage movement began influencing America during the early 1800s when Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott gathered women, and men, at the Seneca Falls Convention ("The Fight for Women’s Suffrage"). This convention kick-started the women’s rights movements in the United States, which closely followed the movement which started earlier in Europe. Soon…

thirteen-year struggle for enfranchisement began. The Suffrage Movement and the fight for women’s rights attracted many activists. At the forefront, Susan B Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, Lucy Burns, Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, Lucretia Mott, Alice Paul, Lucy Stone, and Ida B Wells-Barnett to name a few. The activist established groups, National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA), American Woman Suffrage Association(AWSA), National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA),…

Imagine a life with little to no rights. Imagine what it would be like to be viewed as inferior just based on your gender. Well, in the 1800’s and early 1900’s this was what it was like daily for women. In this time period, women were scrutinized as citizens, but only when it came to certain aspects. Many people believed women did not merit to have rights, such as voting and owning land. They believed this was a “man’s job.” On August 18, 1920, America’s perspective on women changed for the…

seen from the very beginning of the first wave when the Seneca Falls Convention took place in New York.1 Just as the forefathers of the United States came together to write the Declaration of Independence, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, along with Lucretia Mott and others, drafted a version dedicated to women 's rights and created the Declaration of Sentiments.2 The supporters of the two documents were aware of the injustices affecting them and knew that they had to take action in order to bring…

During the Gilded Age , the United States saw the growth of the economy, the development of new technologies and products that would definitely help improve the way of living of the middle class citizens, but in this period of time also came with many downfalls such as the corruption made by ineffective politicians, child labor, low wages for massive amount of working hours, and the poor treatment toward minorities and women. However, it was not until the Progressive Era , when the United States…