Seneca the Younger

At the turn of the century, women’s roles in the United States were very different than today. Back then in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, women had one role, which was getting married and having children. Women were basically slaves, they lived in a home with their husband and children, and were expected to raise their children and do whatever their husbands desired. After getting married, women would give up many of their rights. They were not allowed to own property, keep their own wages,…

the effectiveness and remembrance of the speeches, as well as their leadership positions and impact they left on the nation in the development of equality. In the early years of this fight for women’s suffrage small conventions were held such as the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, where a leading reformer Elizabeth Cady Stanton spoke to an eager crowd of women and men following women 's rights. This movement led to a similar women and friend of Stanton, Susan B. Anthony to travel a’ nd speak as…

this decade more married women entered the workforce and earned 40 percent less than a male counterpart. Women started to take measures themselves by organizing movements. Women needed a culture change for equal pay and to end domestic violence. The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women’s rights convention to deal with their conditions and rights. The Declaration of Sentiments became the most important document by identifying their right to vote. This attracted national attention and soon…

Lucy Stone (1818-1893) was a prominent nineteenth century American woman 's rights advocate, suffragette, and abolitionist who frequently gave public lectures, wrote articles, and edited publications to support such causes. Throughout her career she conservatively campaigned for women 's equality and civil rights arguing that individuals must define themselves, their work, and influence on their own accounts rather than being prejudged on the basis of race or gender. A respected orator, Stone…

2. Revolution Throughout history, numerous people have started revolutions in many ways by displaying progressive ideas and fighting for the liberal changes in their society. One such example is Olympe de Gouges, who courageously advocated for the rights of women in her writing “The Rights of Woman”. During Gouges’ time, women were living by social standards that made them inferior to men. In hopes of influencing the public with her notions and showing support for the females, Gouges,…

in order to inspire others to maintain and guard their individual thoughts and beliefs. By including this anaphora and metaphor, Eastman convinces his audience and contributes to bringing forth various resolutions to only help enhance the futures younger…

Life comes with many obstacles and challenges. In the 1960s-1980s, during the Feminist Movement, women were fighting for equality, for liberation and for freedoms. Brenda Lager was born and raised in the inner city of Cincinnati in the 1950s. She grew up in a blue collared family and her ancestor descended from indentured servants from Scotland. Brenda Lager had many disadvantages in her life and was restricted in the way she had to live her life. She is a military wife and a mother of two…

This was identified as the Seneca Falls Convention (Britannica). This was organized by two determined women, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The idea came up in London when they were denied the opportunity to speak on the floor or even take a seat as a delegate (Law). While…

After the cotton gin was produced by Eli Whitney in 1793, cotton became the most produced material in the 1800’s. This created a higher need for slaves in the South and in 1820-1830 slave revolts, strikes and protest were at an all-time high. During the antebellum years in the northern United States, women’s rights movements were being born and a massive world-historic movement for social change was underway. The radical struggle to end slavery was just the beginning of the life long fight to…

Civil right’s movements often cause a variety of strong and influential leaders to come to light. Florence Kelley was a strong and influential leader during the Women’s Civil Rights movement; she spoke at the National American Women’s Suffrage Association in 1905 to persuade in favor of change for the greater and common good. In her speech, Kelley utilizes pathos, anaphora, and connotative diction to convey her claim that the injustices of child labor can be reformed by women attaining political…