Suffrage

The movie Iron “Jawed Angels Katja” was directed by Katja von Garnier and its story revolves around a woman named Alice Paul. She believed that women should also have voting rights as do men have. The movie shows the plot and scenario of the early 20th century, specifically from 1912 to 1914. At that, women were not considered equal citizens to say the least. There had been many efforts and movements made by the women and human rights communities in the past, but they deservingly won the case…

This photo was taken by Frances Benjamin Johnston as a Full Self-Portrait, “New Woman”, in 1896. She received her first camera from George Eastman, the inventor of the Eastman Kodak and a family friend. She became a noted advocate for women’s photography as well as a documenter of key historic events. When she opened her own studio in New York in 1894, She was the only woman photographer in the city. Johnston also photographed many famous photographs in Paris, but perhaps her most famous work,…

Prior to the 1917 Russian Revolution, the majority of women were regarded as the property of men. Alexandra Kollontai forced politicial and civil change upon Russia, for both women and the working class, making her a significantly influential individual during that time. Alexandra Kollontai was a feminist and a socialist woman who passionately defended a vision of emancipation premised on equality, comradeship and personal autonomy liberating women from the constraints set upon them. Kollontai…

The film, Suffragette looks at the struggles the women who fought for the right to vote went through. The film takes place in London 1912, prior to women having the right to vote. As a result, women's rights were not valued as much. Caffi states that "Every social institution should have as its sole reason for being that of assuring the happiness of the man conscious of his own individuality" (Caffi 1970). A man's happiness, needs, and desires at this time were much more valuable than a woman's.…

In the twenty-first century many of us who live in Canada have become used to the idea of female independence and freedom from male authority. We see women in powerful positions such as the heads of corporations, or provinces, or universities, and few think of such women being hindered by their husbands in any way. However, although this is the case for many women today, it is not the case for all of them, and they have not always had the freedom to fully express their own identities and…

Hannah Hoch is much known for her photomontage art work and the participation in the Dada movement. The Dada movement was a literary, artistic movement in 1916 which started after World War I. Hoch wasn’t just a rare woman practicing prominently the arts of the early twentieth century; she was a unique female who was a huge supporter in the Dada movement. Her artwork was inspired by promoting the concept of women working creatively in general society. Hoch expressed her political beliefs by…

Timeline of three primary revolutions: American Revolution: 1756-1763: The Seven Years’ War 1764: Sugar Act 1765: Stamp Act & Quartering Act 1767: Townshend Act 1773: Tea Act & Boston Tea Party 1774: Continental Congress 1776: Declaration of Independence 1783: Treaty of Paris 1787: Constitutional Convention French Revolution: 1774-1793: Reign of King Louis XVI 1789: National Assembly 1789-1791: National Assembly reconfigured French society 1792: War against Austria & Prussia 1793-1794:…

Opportunity Essay Abbi Olson "I believe in America because we have dreams and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true." this quote was written by Wendell L. Willkie. I believe this is saying that whatever happens Americans are willing to fight. Like the women did for their rights, and abolitionists did for the slaves. The United States brought opportunity to most by giving transportation, economy, and the freedom of speech. Women's rights are what women and some men fight…

compared to the play The Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen. Nora, in many ways is a parallel figure for many women throughout the movement and thus makes the play a great means of reflection for the movement. Nora shows viewers where the struggle for women suffrage began, the difficulties of obtain equality and finally women confronting responsibility discover themselves and what it means to independent. Although it may not have been Ibsen’s intention to reflect the women’s rights revolution, the…

it, the Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention laid the foundation of the movement that was now called the Woman Suffrage movement. From the convention, fellow female activist such as Susan B. Anthony (an activist from a family of Quakers), Sojourner Truth (a civil rights activist and former slave) and Lucy Stone ( a journalist), had joined the cause to end woman suffrage…