Suffragette

Susan B. Anthony once asked, "Are you going to cater to the whims and prejudices of people who have no intelligent knowledge of what they condemn?" While the answer is seemingly obvious, few individuals have dared to oppose established laws and stand up for their unorthodox beliefs. Raised in an era in which women lacked many basic rights and were considered inferior to men, Susan B. Anthony challenged America’s deeply ingrained social norms of male dominance and advocated for major reform. On…

Alice Paul worked to improve the lives of American women in the 1900s by protesting, taking personal risks and working together with other suffragists. Women’s suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections that took place in the late 19th century. For example, women didn’t have a right to vote and didn’t have control over their kids and property. National and international organizations formed to coordinate efforts to gain voting rights. Alice Paul, one of the main leaders of the National…

This is my follow-up to week 1, and 2, number four, Ladies' Suffrage. Nineteen-twelve was when Theodore Roosevelt turned out for ladies' suffrage and turned into the considerable champion of ladies' rights. What's more, I think one about the minimum saw, yet more vital viewpoints, of Theodore Roosevelt is that he was the colossal male women's activist of his period as far as the essential office holders and lawmakers. However, that backtracks to the start. In 1902, Roosevelt requested the Equity…

Reformers Project During this period there were many issues throughout the United States. With that being said there were people known as reformers who created movements that leaned toward fixing these problems. One of these reformers in particular was Susan B Anthony, which was one of which that shined light on the issue of gender equality and/or women suffrage. Susan B Anthony was born on February 15th, 1820 in a Quaker family. A family in which was committed to social equality. In…

Women were unable to vote, had no rights, women who were married did not have a voice to their opinions, and were submissive to their husbands. Women desired a change from this tradition and way of life. Women had their first gathering of women’s right in Seneca Falls, New York in July of 1848 (The Women’s’ Rights Movement, 2007). Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was the organizer of the gathering later met Susan B. Anthony and together they served as women right activist. That is how the National Woman…

The Free Masons: Fact or Theory Are the Freemasons a conspiracy theory? What did the Freemasons do? The group called the freemasons is an organization that is like a sorority for women. (January 2, 2013) The Freemasons is not a conspiracy theory. The freemasons are a very vast organization that will be learned about in this paper if you are willing to open your mind and let everything go and just read and learn. Morality, equality, and service to God; what do these all have in common. Well…

Alice Paul was an American suffragist that was born into a Quaker family in New Jersey in 1885 (NWHM). She fought actively for the rights of women during the 1920’s. The topic of women’s suffrage was not new to Alice Paul because her mother took her to women’s suffrage meeting during her childhood (NWHM). Her mother was the one that had influenced her to fight for these beliefs. Although not always successful, Paul spent years working towards the goal of equality for men and women. Paul…

Politics was the foundation of the male sphere in nineteenth century America. As the century progressed, women gained more freedoms in the realm of politics. Lasser and Stacy believed that women during the 1850s became more involved in politics by being the passionate partisan or moral center and organizers of the political parties. Dorothea took the involvement of women in politics to a new extreme. If the 1840 marked her as a reform leader, the early 1850 attested to her political influences.…

American history from 1900-1920 is referred to as the Progressive Era. It involved many reforms that changed America for the better. It also involved some attempts at reforms that didn’t quite fall through. In just twenty years, parts of America’s economy and government drastically changed such as the end of bad trusts and the fight for women’s suffrage. Others, such as child labor and racial acceptance, stayed unaffected despite reforming efforts. Modern day America definitely shows many…

Emmeline Pankhurst was one of the leading forces in the fight for women’s suffrage. She, instead of taking part in peaceful protests, which got them nowhere, founded the Women’s Social and Political Union, which took a more drastic approach at protesting- a more violent approach. The Women’s Social and Political Union arranged militant protests, which were violent protests. The fight for women’s suffrage had gone on far too long, with far too little success. Emmeline Pankhurst was explaining why…