Seneca Falls Convention

Compare the activities if two civil rights activist, one from Australia and on from the US. Rosa Park and Pearl Gibbs, who are both famous Civil Rights Activist that significantly contributed to the Civil Rights Movement, whom brought change to the society and both wanting to put a stop to discriminations against African-Americans. Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama, Pearl Gibbs born on 1901 at La Perouse, Sydney. They both stood up for their own rights, and what they…

Dilma Rousseff was elected as the Brazilian during the 2010 Presidential elections and assumed office on January 1st, 2011. She represents a historical landmark for Latin America, and all of female politics because she is the first female President of Brazil. Rousseff identifies with the Workers Party of Brazil, which is classified as a left-winged party. Dilma Rousseff has been repeatedly stated in Forbes most powerful women in the world, including the year 2015 (Forbes). Brazil is a country in…

The 1920’s was a decade immersed in political and social change. This period following World War I earned its rightful name, “the roaring twenties”. America was flooded with new activity. Throughout the country technological advancement, social and business reform were on the up rise. The most significant changes of all being the transformation of American culture. The peak of the 1920’s is the emergence of the “new” woman and Negro. The Roaring twenties allowed for women and Blacks to practice…

Before 1920, women of all ethnicities did not possess the right to vote inside the United States. A female movement group known as the Women’s Suffrage was created to help push for women to gain the right to vote during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Surprisingly white women’s voting rights were equal to black women’s voting rights. It was not until the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920 that women of the United States were granted the privilege to vote. Once the 19th Amendment…

Imagine working for over sixty years to accomplish something, but you died before you could see it. This is what had happened to Susan. I decided to do my report on Susan B. Anthony because she gave women rights. She helped women to vote and have the right to speak. In my paper I will be presenting what Susan went through and what she did to help women speak for our rights. Susan B. Anthony fought sixty years for women to have freedom of speech and the right to vote. She was miss treaty and…

People say “America is the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave” for instance, in Africa, America is a land where opportunities can be caught and be held onto. For example, I dreamed about coming to America to go to college and have a good career where I don't have to worry about money and expenses. Moreover, when my cousin went to school in Africa she finished high school level and wanted to attend college in America because the career she's interested in is not in Africa. America and…

One of the biggest problems during the Progressive Era was Child Labor. The workers got angry and they started to form labor unions which were groups of workers who made a deal with business to get better payments and better working conditions. Another problem with child labor during the Progressive Era was that they worked short hours of 8 hours a day and they also had no sick days when they were working in the factories. Another problem with child labor during the Progressive Era was…

Henrietta Dugdale was a radical and innovative advocate of women's rights (suffragette) . She initiated the first female suffrage society in Australia. She was devoted to the feminist cause, and fought tirelessly for women to achieve equal social, legal and political privileges with men. She thought that progress of Australia as a democratic country was only achievable through reason and the co-operation and equality of both genders, and partly due to her relentless campaigning, lived to see…

One of the major themes that developed progressivism was women’s rights and suffrage. As women of the working class in the progressive era, they fought for their rights to receive the same wages as men, improved working conditions, and shorter working hours. Women protested against unequal pay and poor working conditions by going on strike. One of the organizations that influenced these strikes was the Women’s Trade Union League who organized working women into unions. In 1909 the International…

the halls of Congress? So it must always be made apparent that the rights of all are how we must see the world and not just the rights of those whose numbers are greater and whose voices are strongest. Obtaining the right to vote for the women of Seneca Falls was their greatest challenge; at the time, women’s suffrage was as taboo as abolition, but without as many prominent followers, yet today, we cannot imagine a sane world with those rules still in play. But can we see better, see into a…