Suffragette

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the fight for women’s voting rights was well in motion. Emmeline Pankhurst’s “Why We Are Militant” and Almorth Wright’s The Unexpurgated Case Against Woman Suffrage offered insights into the fight for and against justices while imploring opposing viewpoints on the matter. Pankhurst led women in demonstrations, passive resistance, and hunger strikes in Great Britain. “Why We Are Militant” was a speech she delivered in the United States as an appeal…

Yiluo Li HWL Ms. D’Eon 5 February 2015 Poetry Presentation Script Jessie Pope is an English poet, writer, and journalist. She is famous for her patriotic motivational poems during WWI. Starting from 1914, her poems were widely printed and published on Daily Mail, encouraging men and women to go to war. Her Pro-War attitude presented in poem also attracted some criticism, such a Wilfred Owen. Title is “A Humble Appeal” So the first time when I read it, I thought that this should be something…

Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. Mrs. Mallard is fighting oppression through not having the same rights as men in this period of the 1890s. Women didn’t have the right to vote while also having arranged marriages for which they can’t choose their own husbands. An analysis of “The Story of an Hour,” by Kate Chopin, uses the themes of death, freedom, and irony to show the struggles women faced in the 1890s. The first theme in “The Story of an Hour,”…

Iron Jawed Angels Movie Review The movie, Iron Jawed Angels, directed by Katja Von Garnier, depicted the women's suffragist movement during 1869-1914. On the brink of World War One, women all across America decided that their time to vote and participate in politics was now, and fought for their rights as citizens of the Unites States of America. The movie focuses on the life of Alice Paul (acted by Hillary Swank), as she separated herself from the National American Women Suffrage Association…

It was not until 1916 that women had the right to vote in certain provinces and a couple of years later in 1929 when they were considered “persons” in Canada. Women around the world have been fighting for equality for years. One of the leaders in that fight during the 18th century was Mary Wollstonecraft. Wollstonecraft, an English writer, was well known for being one of the biggest advocates for women’s rights. Her novel titled Vindication of the rights of woman illustrates her ideas that…

For centuries women where cursed, beaten, and neglected just because they wanted a voice in American society. There was a time before when women were not treated equally in comparison to men. A woman 's sole purpose of living was to cook, clean, and take care of her children. Women had no right in deciding who they wanted to be and they surely had no voice in government or politics of American society. Starting in the mid nineteenth century, women began protested to show how passionate they were…

Iron Jawed Angels The movie "Iron Jawed Angels" is about a group of young females who work together to try to get an amendment passed in the United States for woman suffrage. The main character in this movie is Alice Paul, the leader of the group in based in Washington DC. She tries to organize parades, standouts, and even strikes to help get the point across that the National Women 's Suffrage Association wants suffrage for all women. Alice Paul is not just any Quaker. She is a strong minded,…

The 19th amendment allows women to vote. The reason why this law was created is because all the people in the United States could vote besides women. But what it is really for is to make it legal for all citizens to vote. It also stops the government from forcing people not to vote. The 19th amendment all started with the Suffrage movement. The Suffrage movement formed during the civil war. It was written by women, but didn’t go into work until 41 years later. This movement is based off of a…

Analysis on Iron Jawed Angels Movies and books are only ways to save stories from past. Iron jawed angels, directed by Katja von garnier, is a American Historical movie that is filmed on 2004. Movie is based on true story about American suffragists movements that happened during early 20th centuries. Movie starts from beginning of young suffragists and goes on to tell how they finally got amendment for women's right to vote. Alice Paul , starred by Hilary Swank, and Lucy Burns, starred by France…

In 1776, the United States became an independent country, women had the right to vote. However, in 1777, that right was rescinded, and a one hundred and thirteen-year struggle for enfranchisement began. The Suffrage Movement and the fight for women’s rights attracted many activists. At the forefront, Susan B Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, Lucy Burns, Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, Lucretia Mott, Alice Paul, Lucy Stone, and Ida B Wells-Barnett to name a few. The activist…