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    the right to vote. Women were not allowed to have property in their name, have a job, or even have right to receive protection from domestic violence. Women were treated as slaves. They had no rights what so ever. I 1848 the first women’s right convention was held in Seneca Falls,…

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    Susan B Anthony Bicycle

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    There are many reason why the invention of the bicycle changed women’s lives, contributing to the individualistic thought that brought forth waves of feminism. Susan B. Anthony wrote, “That which made me succeed with the bicycle was precisely what had gained me a measure of success in life”; in The life and work of Susan B. Anthony: including public addresses, her own letters and many from her contemporaries during fifty years. A story of the evolution of the status of woman, she equates her…

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    Feminism is known as the fight for women’s rights based on the equality of sexes. Feminism first started gaining attention in 1848 and since then has grown into a topic of controversy. It is impossible to read The Handmaids Tale without being aware of the issues of gender roles and feminism throughout the book. Women are considered to be victims, many of the issues that women in the book are facing are obstacles that women today are fighting against. The author brings attention to these issues…

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    Feminism is the advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes. While the Feminist Movement is important in the present day, the play written in 1947 by Tennessee Williams became known for its portrayal of the dynamics between men and women. In the play, Streetcar Named Desire, feminism plays the main role. Taking place after the second world war, the men of this play assumes that they have more power than women. While, in reality, the women have the same or greater…

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    those who opposed the rights of women were more than often violent, and would jail, abuse, and taunt the supporters. By 1848, the fight for women’s rights went national. Abolitionists Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the first convention addressing women’s rights in…

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    Progressives Dbq

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    The Progressives and federal government were known for bringing major changes to society during the early 20th century through reforms. Some reforms that brought forth change were the influence of muckrakers, who wrote exposes to help bring change. The Progressives and the federal government were mostly successful when it came to bringing reforms politically, socially, and economically. Politically, the Progressives and the federal government were successful bringing changes through certain…

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    On September 17, 1787, the U.S. Constitution was signed. The U.S. Constitution didn’t allow women to vote until 1920. One of the things the Constitution did was help the U.S. government set up three branches. Also, two of America’s Founding Fathers were not able to sign the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Constitution was signed. Until 1920, women did not have the right to vote. Before 1920, when women were not allowed to vote, in Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming, women were already to vote.…

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    Jane Addams, born in Cedarville, Illinois in September of 1860, broke many borders as a woman of her time. She is best known for her efforts in creating peace as well as advocating equality for women. She is represented today and in American history by the many organizations she established: the International League for Peace, Woman’s Peace Party, Juvenile Protective Association, and American Civil Liberties Union. Addams had strong opinions about the idea of peace reaching the farthest corners…

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    American activists in the movement to abolish slavery, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, called a conference to address women’s rights and issues. This conference was called because Mott was refused consent to speak at the world anti-slavery convention in London despite the fact she was an official delegate. Although women were barely entitled to any rights in the late 1840s and were “inferior” to men, Stanton and Mott could not sit defenselessly, so they decided to take action by…

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    a time period called the “Reconstructive Era.” This is also where Stanton met her life-long suffragist partner, Susan B. Anthony(LaMance 1). Anthony was inspired to become a suffragist due to the fact that she was denied to speak at a temperance convention simply because she was a woman.She did everything she could to ensure that women would receive their suffrage. One of the acts she is most commonly known for is voting illegally in the election of 1872. This inspired many women to join the…

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