Seneca the Younger

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…

February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. Susan. B. Anthony was also a major women’s rights activist. Susan. B. Anthony was also an American social reformer and an American feminist. She met Elizabeth Cady Stanton at an anti-slavery lecture held in Seneca Falls, 1851. They organized the Woman’s State Temperance Society of New York and the National Women Suffrage Association for women only together. At first, Susan. B. Anthony was also reluctant to get involved in the fight for women’s rights…

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…

Women had started fighting for gender equalities way before the term “feminism” was listed in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1852. They spoke up and proved their abilities to the world by marching and rebelling. The first-wave of feminism started from the 18th century, and it was mainly focused on the voting and property rights for females. The Second-Wave feminism began in the 1960s, and the focus shifted from suffrage to issues such as workplace, reproductive rights, and domestic violence.…

Feminism’s Impact on Today’s Women Before the positive effects of the Feminist movement, which dramatically changed the view society had on women and made a woman able to do actions and tasks that were only done by men and considered to be things that men did. Today, a woman has almost the same chance at being successful as men do, a major change and improvement from the late 1900's. It is important to note that not until the year of 1920, did women have the right to vote, while men, without…

Harriet Tubman said, Every great dream begins with a great dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, patience, and the stars to change the world.” This quote is explaining that everyone has a dream, but it takes guts, perseverance and time to accomplish any dream. It took many amazing women and 50 years to gain rights for women to vote and to be in office. It takes inner strength to help those who cannot help themselves. If not for Susan B. Anthony, Shirley Chisholm, Elizabeth…

In “the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions Seneca Falls Conference” society exemplifies a blind eye on the cultural, political, religious, and economic disparities between genders. Elizabeth Cady Stanton speaks to the audience of men, the government, and the patriarchal society who feel they are free and equal regardless of others around them not having the same luxury. Up to the present time in “the history of mankind,” there has been a pattern of a patriarchal society where man had…

States. As they spoke about the limitations placed on women under America's new democracy, they decided that something must be done. Over the two following days after their meeting, they planned the first women's rights convention which took place in Seneca Falls, New . YorkDuring the preparation for this event, Elizabeth Caddy Stanton wrote the Declaration of Sentiments using the framework of the declaration of independence. This outlined the areas of life where women were treated unjustly…