Philadelphia Convention

Independence is often defined as freedom from an outside source of support or most times when a country gains political freedom from an outside control. Independence is an idea that many Americans have fought for in much of history. Independence is achieved through a variety of factors including the most important variable of time. An individual can become independent through your mind and the ability to care for yourself. Growing up I was taught admittedly to be independent and I often saw it…

Every year there are hundreds of thousands of children who are suffering from, or witnessing crime (Hobbs, Johnson, Goodman, Bederian-Gardner, Lawler, Vargas, & Mendoza, 2014). Sometimes, these children also serve as witnesses in forensic investigations and proceedings, especially in cases involving sexual abuse, or in cases where there may be no visible evidence or physical indications of a crime, therefore relying on the child’s eyewitness memory (Hobbs et al., 2014). Ever since colonial times…

In this interpretation paper, I wanted to talk about “On American Motherhood” the speech President Theodore Roosevelt gave to the National Congress of Mothers in March 13, 1905. When I first read the speech, I jotted down points I either agreed, found interesting and disagree with. Everyone has their own opinion on this speech and here is my conclusion. This speech was giving in front of the National Congress of Mother and it was intended for the lower and middle class of those times. He…

“Give me liberty or give me death,” a phrase by Patrick Henry, Former Governor of Virginia, spoken during his speech at the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775. This very same phrase without a doubt, describes the passion and dynamic of a group of women who stopped at nothing to fight for American women’s right to vote. This phrase also used in the movie Iron Jawed Angels truly emulates the milestones lead women, such as Alice Paul women would take to end women’s suffrage. In the movie…

Final Essay During the 1900’s, conservatism in America was the beginning of a new era. It was a time for conservatives to support religions, such as Christianity, support anti-communism, along with capitalism and free market. However, it was a time to re invent the country, in a way. The republican party began to rise. The movement was based in the Republican Party, although some Democrats were also important figures early in the movement 's history. The United States was at war as the decade…

and leading figure of the women 's rights movement. The meeting was held in six sessions, and lasted two days. Many subjects were debated, including the role of women in society and their right to vote. There were 300 men and women gathered at the convention; among them was the famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass, the only African American in attendance who supported the women 's cause. Of the 300 people in attendance, only 100 signed a document titled the Declaration of sentiments, which…

The 19th amendment, Title VII, Title IX, Roe v. Wade; while all of these are ratifications that the United States has implemented throughout its short history to transform itself into a nation whose ideals fall upon equality, there was a time when they did not exist and inequality was rampant among gender, race, and social class. It has taken hundreds of years to reach the societal equality we have today and it is all thanks to the first steps that were taken by women and slaves in the late 18th…

Gender politics have been an issue in the United States since the early 20th century. The feminist movement grew to a national movement quickly once women realized and became aware of the injustices they faced due to their gender. After years of fighting for basic rights, women continue to fight for wage equality, the right to a legal abortion, federally mandated maternity leave or daycare, and many other things. The Men’s Rights Movement showed up in the 1970s, fighting against real and…

The ideas of utopias that are presented by Chernyshevsky and Dostoevsky are vast. Chernyshevsky presented his idea through the eyes of an individual by the name Vera Pavlova. She represented the women of the future that were to be treated with equality. She saw women of the past in her dream, and she learned that she had to be the one to change. In this utopia, people technology and nature came together with easy. The technology allowed them to turn the waste lands like deserts into prospering…

For too long Women all over the world have been fighting for equality And fair treatment, and Countries like the United states and Great Britain have granted these courageous women their rights of equality. However many women in middle eastern civilizations such as Pakistan and Afghanistan still indeaver through the complications of a patriarchy controlled civilization. From those struggles arose a determined and courageous girl named Malala Yousafzai. Malala yearned for education and constantly…