Lucretia Mott

While women have come a very long way throughout time when it comes to rights and the way they are viewed there is still a lot more ground to cover. There are three waves of feminism which span different time periods and cover different struggles that have been overcome for women. Many diverse issues have been covered in the first three waves but there is still a lot to be done not only with things that weren’t touched on in the first three but also defining and taking a new stance or approach…

When the woman would start to farm, she would only be allowed to grow “womanly crops” such as cassava, plantains, and coco yams not men’s crop like yams. If she were to grow yams, her fields would be burned to rejuvenate the land from evil. The gender roles that take place in the Igbo culture, not only affect their agriculture but every other aspect of Igbo women’s lives. Igbo woman are subjected to abuse by their significant other, men are allowed to beat their wives regardless of the reason.…

Women's History Month International women's day is an essential day in our history because we have historic women who rock! In 1910, Clara Zetkin came up with the idea for that day on March 8th. International women's day was for united nations in 1975. Between those years not much happened. The U.N. created an annual theme in the mid-90s for women's day. In 2011, President Obama declared March is women's history month. Three examples of powerful women are Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, and…

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…

Forbidden Freedom In history, human rights have always been a problem, and yet to this day, it still remains. Specifically, in the past, women had adapted to live in a suppressed environment, solely because their limited rights have never allowed them to cross a certain boundary. In fact, the United States, foremost in the race of modernization in the world, enabled women to vote in 1920; however, prior to that, individualism, freedom, and equality did not exist in the dictionary for women.…

Identity Through A Name In Seneca Falls, NY the first meeting of the Women's Rights Movement took place on July 19-20, 1848. This was just the beginning of women's equality. Women started to wear pants in the 1920’s instead of a dress or skirt. They applied for jobs others thought were not appropriate for women. They also started peaceful protest in the streets demanding a right to vote. Women got creative when fighting for the rights that all humans deserve through their actions, music, and…

Wooden headedness intro From a hundred years ago to two minutes ago, wooden headedness can be found anywhere if it is looked for. Wooden headedness consists of assessing a situation in terms of preconceived fixed notions while ignoring or rejecting any contrary signs. This is when a person acts according to a wish while not allowing oneself to be deflected by the facts. history Years ago, wooden headedness played a role in human affairs, affecting society today. Everything has made an impact…

.In 1971, women’s activist Judy Brady wrote the legendary feminist piece “I Want a Wife.” The essay looks at women through the eyes of married men and their seemingly endless expectations of their wives. When the essay was written, it was “first delivered aloud in San Francisco on Aug 26, 1970. Judy (Syfers) Brady read the piece at a rally celebrating the 50th anniversary of women’s right to vote in the U.S., obtained in 1920,” (Napikoski, Linda). Many men of the time dismissed the essay, but…

In 1851 at the Women’s Convention in Akron, Ohio, an African American woman named Sojourner Truth gave a speech defending women’s rights. In this speech, she proved that women were capable of doing tough jobs like men. That they had the ability to go to school and get an education, and make the world a better place just like any man can do. Truth proved that the stereotypes given to women were inaccurate, and showed the audience what women were capable of doing. She fought for the rights of both…

Feminism - We women and man are equal ABSTRACT: We have lived in a male dominated society for more than 11 years since 2000. During these 11 years, we female have never ever stopped fighting for our own rights, no matter it’s the voting right or the working right. Kate Chopin – the forerunner of the feminist authors, started her fight for female’s rights from the early in the 19th century. In an era when most of the people don’t even have the idea of gender equality. “The story of an hour”…