Seneca Falls Convention

The Anarchist’s Dream She was hated by some for the same reason she was loved by others; SHE was a free spirit. Born: June 27, 1869, Kaunas, Lithuania. Died: May 14, 1940, Toronto, Canada. Her existence involved fighting. Fighting for the freedom of speech, gay rights, women's rights, and oh right- inciting riots. Emma Goldman, a tenacious activist, achieved the american dream because she fought for the rights of all humans, dreamed of ideal change, and lived her life with passion.…

Almost one hundred and fifty years ago on July 19 and July 20, 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Quaker abolitionist Lucretia Mott met in Seneca Falls, New York to discuss the future of women’s rights. Together, Stanton and Mott drafted the Declaration of Sentiments that echoed the Declaration of Independence, by stating” We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.” Both Stanton and Mott had high hopes that their declaration would help women gain equality in…

Today I am gonna talk about two people with many amazing accomplishments. Who did more? Who made life better? Who was selfless? Susan Brownell Anthony was born on February 15, 1820, in Adams, Massachusetts. She was the second of seven children born to Daniel and Lucy Read Anthony. She was enrolled in public school however once she was seven and the teacher refused to teach her long division. Her father then decided to make an educational program in her neighborhood where Susan and her…

No matter what goals Paul pursued, she always had a plan in mind. And despite differing opinions and outside influences, Alice Paul’s assiduous attitude eventually made the suffrage amendment attainable for the suffragists of the time. Alice Paul launched her career of suffrage with a massive suffrage parade during President Wilson’s inauguration. This grand event paved the way for rallies, lobbying, petitions, parades, election campaigns, and picketing at the White House (“Who is Alice Paul?”).…

Women’s Rights For years women have not been given the right to, educate, vote for election, fight, work and represent. Women’s rights is the fight for the idea that women should have equal rights to men. Until 1935, married women in Australia did not have the full rights to own property.The effort to equal rights for women to remove gender from laws, and behavioral patterns. Nineteenth century The women rights movement began in the nineteenth century, by some women reformers for the…

Susan B Anthony had once said. “Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less”. (Brainy Quotes) During the time of 1848 there was a group of women that gathered in Seneca Falls, New York; to discuss the issues of women’s rights. At that moment men's rights were exposed to many countries at the time, no matter the wealth that they had. Women began fighting for equal rights. The women got together and talked about that all the women's deserve all the rights and…

Many important events have occurred in government in the history of America. Each event has helped shape and makes America what it is today. The three important events to me were: the ratification of the 19th amendment, U.S. President George Washington Bush signing the Patriot Act, and President George Washington publishing his “Farewell Address”. I have chosen these three events because: the 19th Amendment allowed me to have the right to vote, the signing of the Patriot Act provided the tools…

article, talks and explains more information about what Elizabeth Cady Stanton did to help women’s rights all alone. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was very determined to start the Women’s Rights Convention. She wanted everyone to know what position and state women were in. There were declarations, petitions, and conventions to exaggerate the cause of women’s rights. She…

Right To Be A Human Feminists changed the government by earning women right to vote, to pushing the Title 9 new educational possibilities, and working right. For many years women were fighting to equal as man. Women were always seen as housekeepers, and weak gender that doesn’t have any rights. For many centuries girl were growing up with a thought that they must sit at home, cook, and look after children. Any girl now women could see their life different, until feminists came. First,…

“We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men and women are created equal” (Elizabeth Stanton 295). This quote was given in a speech called “Declaration of Sentiments” by a woman who fought for women’s rights. The quote relates to the speech given by Frederick Douglass who fought for the rights of black people. In his speech “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July” and in Elizabeth Stanton’s speech that fought for women's rights, although fighting for different groups, equality was…