Seneca Falls Convention

Over the weekend, a women's march took place in California. It was a march on the raising stories that have recently been shared about sexual assault and harassment. There was an estimated amount of half-million people dressed up in all pink or brightly colored costumes. Between shouting speeches and celebrity revokes, the march was well respected for. The march was set up by the #MeToo movement, their goal is to not ignore the stories of sexual harassment in the modern day world. This movement…

OH Minerva comes in with the right swing! This could possibly be the slap of the century! Ladies and gents, this is the most coolest thing since sliced bread! This is definitely a most historic event! Go Minerva, fight for those women rights! The 1940s and 50s, a troubling time for women all around the world, because they almost had no rights. At this time women could only do so much, like the cooking, cleaning, taking care of the children, caring for their husband, and doing everything he says.…

In the speech given by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a leader of the women’s rights movement, (July 19th 1848) Stanton demands that women should be given the same rights, specifically the right to vote, that men have. The speaker emphasizes Aristotle's rhetorical appeals: pathos, ethos, and logos through the use of figurative language, allusions, appealing to religion and others. The speech was written in order to call the nation into actions that would result in equal rights for men and women.…

The event I chose was a support group for women to promote breastfeeding in public areas with my sister, who is very active in women’s rights to breastfeeding in the Temple/Killeen area. This group was made up of women who lived on the military base in Copperas Cove and it was held at one of my sister’s friend’s house. This event was held on June 26, 2016 from 2-4 in the afternoon. It was uncomfortable at first, because many women were breast-feeding and were more open about it. The social…

Feminism: The Past, Present, and Future. Women’s suffrage was the first revolutionary feminist movement. Women in 1920 were finally granted the right to vote and not too long after, Rosie the Riveter made her appearance to get women working. Women have always seemed to look for progression against their oppression, even now in the 21st century. During the first era of feminism a work entitled “Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions” was written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. A rendition of the…

‘The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality”-Elizabeth Cady Stanton.I am Elizabeth Cady Stanton. I was born on November 12, 1815. I passed away on October 26, 1902. I graduated from Johnstown Academy. The college I graduated form was from Emma Willard School in 1832..I have a husband named Henry Brewster Stanton. We got married on May 1, 1840. We have 7 children. Daniel Cady Stanton, Henry Brewster Stanton, Gerrit Smith Stanton, Theodore Weld Stanton, Margaret…

The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union was devoted to instituting the prohibition law in the United States to protect American women and children from alcohol repercussions. The WCTU was conceived in November of 1874 due to the newly established habits of American men (Woman’s). Having the founders’ capable leadership, the WCTU spread quickly. In a miniscule span of time, the women made a significant impact which pressed their home countries borders and threatened to bubble over into…

In “Lazarus, Emma (1849-1887)” Emma Lazarus’s writes in her sonnet “the New Colossus”, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…” (Par. 1). Engraved within the Statue of Liberty, the icon of freedom, this sonnet defines the United States of America. Even before its independence from Britain, the United States was widely known as land of opportunity for those seeking a better life for themselves and their families. Emigrating by the thousands, many immigrants,…

In life, many of us struggle when it comes to being ourselves. Individualism is the act of being independent, where you can stand alone in a situation no matter what may happen. In the 1900s, women could have this individualism because women could not own business nor control their own money, for which they need their husband authorization to do so. In the Doll House story, written by Henrik Ibsen, Nora Helmer is an individual. Nora breaks the rule of injustice by taking out a loan without the…

Throughout the years, women have fought for the same rights as men do. Some may argue that women are still doing this with the current wage gap and the fight against sexual assault. But poet Carmen Giménez Smith does this in a different way. In her poetry, she shows the raw reality of being a female in the darkest ways. Giménez Smith work explores many issues that affect the lives of females. Many of her works have an underlying tone of brutally honest realism in it. For example, in “Bleeding…