Susan Cooper

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,…

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…

“Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care” stated Theodore Roosevelt. Ever since ancient times, women suffrage had been a problem. It was not until the nineteenth century when it started to be acknowledged by many. There were many ups and downfalls while trying to change this issue. In the end, it was all worth it because on August 26 of 1920, they finally won their long fought battle. What exactly is women’s suffrage? This is defined as the right for women to vote. This…

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…

different ideas/ideals, arguments for suffrage, leaders, and tactics. The similarties and differences between these two centuries lead to the periods of the suffrage movement. Some of the most important leaders in the 19th century suffrage movement were Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucy Stone. In the 20th century suffrage movement, Alice Paul, and Carrie Chapman Catt were the leaders. As for the 19th and 20 century suffrage movement, both Anthony and Paul were focused on…

Influential abolitionist and women’s rights activist, Sojourner Truth, speaks passionately about women’s rights at the Women’s Convention in Akron, Ohio in 1851 in her speech later titled “Ain’t I a Woman?”. She implements anaphora, rhetorical questions, and religious appeals to pathos and logos to argue that not only should women be treated equal to men, but women of color should be treated equal to white women as well. She was driven to give this speech, because at this particular convention,…

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…

The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions is a political text. This text was presented in the first women's rights convention of the United States, held in Seneca Falls (New York) in 1848. During this convention, seventy women and thirty men gathered to discuss about the conditions of the rights of women in social, civil and religious life. At that time, the country was enjoying a period in which only free men (white, non-slaves) had the right to vote. In consequence, slaves,…

their rights, and nothing less." (Susan B. Anthony). This quotation describes Anthony's attitude towards women's rights. Anthony helped the women all around the world by creating, innovating and illuminating. This woman's rights activist created the National Woman Suffrage Association, used Persisting and Striving for Accuracy to innovate ways to overcome a world without gender equality, and illuminated the world by helping give it a woman suffrage amendment. Susan Brownell Anthony created…

The fight for women’s suffrage had been a long winded and grueling battle, but on August 26, 1920 women finally got the vote, 70 years after the Seneca Falls Convention, the Nineteenth Amendment stated, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged… on account of sex.” However, African American women were unfortunately still largely disenfranchised. Nonetheless, before women were enfranchised they undertook several political reforms such as birth control and…