Seneca Falls Convention

The roaring 20s was a time of great change for women, on the work front, in politics, in fashion, education, and in values. During the 20s women transformed into independent, strong and new women. However, women still had a long way to go to achieve equality in the workforce and society. Prior to the 20s women were denied a lot of the rights that men had. Women were not able to own property. Women didn’t have the right to vote, and women also did not have a legal claim to monies they earned…

“I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.” In that quote Susan B. Anthony is declaring that any woman has as much right than any man to vote. Anthony was born on February 15,1820 in Massachusetts. Anthonys family were Quakers, that means they are religious and Anthony was the second of seven children in her family. Anthony went to a public school until she was seven, and her teacher refused to teach…

Women’s Rights Susan B. Anthony was born on Feb. 15, 1820. Once Susan grew older, she helped with the finding of the Women’s Suffrage Association (where she later became the president of the association.) Her work helped open the eyes to women everywhere, and how they can do so much more in their lifetime when they gain rights. Susan B. Anthony helped pave the path for women and their rights everywhere. Without her motivation, women might not have the rights they do today. In the 19th…

politics magazine The Liberator, and co-founder of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Not to mention she also co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union in 1920. In 2000 she was placed into the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York for her astonishing work and dedication. In 1883 her parents, Samuel Elijah Eastman and Annis Bertha Ford, moved to Canandaigua, New York, and Eastman graduated from Vassar College in 1903. She later received an M.A. in…

elections. With an influx of homesteads and families expanding westward women were labeled “working women” as the term describes women who were employed as prostitutes in saloons (Hewitt and Lawson 2013, 502-503). In 1870 Lottie Rollin addressed a convention on women’s rights stating, “We ask suffrage not as a favor, not as a privilege, but as a right based on the ground that we are human beings, and as such, entitled to all human beings” (Stanton, Anthony and Gage 1870).The right to vote was a…

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to further the progress of one of the great causes in America. Due to the great reformers of our nation like Teddy Roosevelt, the movement of Progressivism has set out to fix several social, ecological and economical issues. While some people may say that donating one's life savings to charity causes is ill advised I admire your decision to do so. Your contributions to these causes will give people, in need of help due to the injustices of our time, hope,…

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…

Olive Deniss is famous as Civil Engineer. She was the first woman to become a member of the American Railway Engineer Association . One of the first woman to obtain a civil Engineering degree from Cornell university , she found it difficult to find a meaningful job after her graduation solely on the basis of her gender .She strived hard and eventually began working for the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O)Railroad. Since half of the railroad’s passengers were woman , it was felt that a woman would be…

The process through which the modern girl (or Neue Frauen) evolved in Germany through the 1920s was very different from the basis which many other countries came from. As we have previously seen, the modern girl was primarily created through the United States and the United Kingdom. This creation sprouted from the feminists seeking more national equality and chance to make a name for themselves. However, without any other real culture to base this new modern girl culture around, America and the…

After years of fighting an aggressive battle for equality, in 1920 the 19th Amendment was passed and women were assured the right to vote. Although women were granted the right to vote, the Lowell Mill women organized themselves and went on strike before they were granted voting rights. I’m sure that the contributions of every woman haven’t been documented in publications, media and textbooks but thankfully many contributions of women can be found in the history books. Women have played key…