National Women's Hall of Fame

Do you know who sparked Susan B. Anthony into women’s suffrage protests? She was the writer of “Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Falls Woman’s Rights Convention,” Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Do you know who John Adams’s wife is? She was the writer of “Letter to John Adams,” Mrs. Abigail Adams. These two stories are fighting for the same liberty, women’s suffrage, but they use different tones and the writers come from different backgrounds which can influence their opinions and ideas.…

Even though Susan B. Anthony may have passed away, her courage to stand up for women still continues to spread. She was a very influential person due to her accomplishments in the field of women’s rights. She grew up in a politically active family and was raised a Quaker. They believed everyone should have the right to be treated equally. Together they worked to end slavery and named it the abolitionist movement. An article mentions that at the age of 17, she was collecting anti-slavery…

raise the family, and maintain the household (Brewer). The workplace is one area where there is still a lack of equality and treatment. One area where this mistreatment is most obvious is the gender wage gap. In a publication by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, the gender wage gap currently is a woman will make 80 cents to every dollar a man makes. The Institute also claims that if the rate of pay increases the way it has since 1960 it will take until 2059 for men and women to…

What would America be like if women could not vote, women had ¼ the pay of men, women and black people had fewer rights, and temperance (alcohol limits) was not fought for? Well, it would be much worse. Luckily, Susan B. Anthony fought for these rights. She is a hero! It was a cold night on February 15, 1820 that Susan was born. Her parents were Daniel and Lucy Anthony. Her family was a Quaker family, which believed women are equal to men and learning is necessary. She could read and write at…

across, because she believed in her own rights not only as a black but a women as well. Sojourner Truth read her “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech in 1851 at the Women's Rights Convention. Her short, simple speech was powerful, and a strong criticism to many antifeminist arguments at the time. It became, and continues to be, as a classic expression of women’s rights. Truth was, and still is, a symbol of a strong woman. I love this piece very much because me being a women, I believe I should have just…

standing for civil rights. In 1903, she funded the Women's Trade Union League to further investigate woman's working conditions (www.jwa.org ). While World War 1, 1914, Wald marched with 1,500 woman down 5th avenue in a “ Woman's Peace Parade” ( www.jwa.org). Lillian achieved many things for civil rights, but the most notable work she did was her involvement with the “National Negro Conference”. That conference became the “founding meeting” of National Association for the Advancement of Colored…

Sarah Moore Grimké was an American abolitionist for women, writer, and member of the women's suffrage movement big time. Born and reared in South Carolina to a prominent, loving and wealthy planter family, she moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the 1820s where she became a Quaker quickly as a job to seek opportunity. Her younger sister Angelina Grimké joined her there quickly and they both became active in the abolition movement very fast. They had to leave the Quakers, who opposed women…

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. In a study conducted by the Domestic Violence and Abuse Research Center forty three percent of Nigerian woman…

Prior to her death, she reminded the country of her strong beliefs regarding universal suffrage, women’s rights and also of prison reform. Sojourner Truth was outspoken against capital punishment and that is another topic that she often spoke about. Even after Sojourner Truth passed away and still today, she is remembered and revered for the incredible efforts and strides she helped make possible for women’s rights and…

pay and to end domestic violence. The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women’s rights convention to deal with their conditions and rights. The Declaration of Sentiments became the most important document by identifying their right to vote. This attracted national attention and soon other conventions followed. The National Women Suffrage Association (NWSA) was created and supported a constitutional amendment for women’s suffrage. Soon after this would split and the American Women Suffrage…