Susan Pevensie

Araminta Ross, more commonly known as Harriet Tubman, personified strength and freedom. She was very well known for her efforts with the Underground Railroad and was an advocate for abolishing slavery. Tubman accomplished many things because of her constant persistence to make the world a better place. It was because of her persistence to end slavery that the world has evolved to what it is today. She was a determined, hardworking individual who never gave up on her dreams, not matter the…

Susan B. Anthony was born in the bleak winter of 1820. She was brought up in her family as a Quaker, who believed in equality for men and women. She was able to develop a feminist sense of morals and justice through the Religious Society of Friends. Because Anthony’s father was a sixth generation Quaker, she had the privilege of education. She attended a private boarding school in Philadelphia. Anthony’s family was greatly involved in the Society. Some of the people that influenced her most…

Susan B. Anthony once said, “Men their rights, and nothing more; women their rights, and nothing less.” “Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts and was raised in a Quaker household. Later went on to work as a teacher before becoming a leading figure in the abolitionist and women's voting rights movement. She partnered with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and eventually lead the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Anthony died March 13, 1906 at the age of 86 in…

World War I and Women’s Suffrage During the twentieth century in The United States, women encountered and stood up to problems pertaining to their place in society. Ultimate freedom was the goal of many, as for the women, that was their proposed eventual goal. Many leaders rose up to the occasion, took action, and commanded the way towards personal moral success. Women demanded the right to vote, it was not an easy task to accomplish; however, with strength and potential, they overcame…

In the essay “The Other Movement That Rosa Parks Inspired: By Sitting Down, She Made Room for the Disabled.” My feelings of outrage on the ignorance of Chicago Transit Authority and Mayor Kilpatrick. The insensitive and horrendous treatment the disabled endured regarding public transportation. In most cases the buses were either not equipped with wheelchair lifts or were broken. How can the disabled provide an independent living or care for themselves if transportation was available for three…

One that comes to mind and that I think is important is Susan B. Anthony. She was involved in a temperance movement. It was aimed at limiting or stopping the production and sale pf alcohol. When she was done campaigning against alcohol, it inspired her to fight for women’s rights. She helped up many organizations…

Susan Brownell Anthony was active in abolition and African American rights, the rights of labor, equal pay for work, but she devoted her life to leading the women’s suffragist movement. She is the most well-known iconic woman of this movement. Susan was born February 15, 1820, in Adams, Massachusetts. Anthony was raised with a politically active family; as a young girl she decided that she wanted equality around the world. When she went back home to help her father run their farm she met a few…

Overview The film Iron Jawed Angels, directed by Katja von Garnier is about the young female activists that led the women’s suffrage movement in the early 1900s. Women suffragist portrayed in the film are Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, Doris Stevens, and Mabel Vernon. These women put their lives at risk for women to have equal rights, specifically to be able to vote. They were beaten, dragged, had trash and bottles thrown at them, and were called “he shes” for trying to exercise their constitutional…

1) In The Passionate Journey Friedan describes the first wave of feminism during the late 1800’s into the early 1900’s. She talks of the fire that these women felt for their cause and wonders what happened in the to the mind set of those born after the 1920’s; social pressure is what, I feel, caused the change in behavior of women. 2) While reading these chapter I began to see the pattern that is often seen in history if one pay close enough attention. The slow start of an idea, like trying to…

Women around the world have fought a long and hard road for equality between sexes. They have overcome many obstacles in the past fifty years so many men and women think that women have overcame everything, but that is not true. Their biggest and most profound march was in 1913 and it was called “The Suffrage Hike for Women’s Rights.” The biggest leading cause one of their march was for women to be able to vote. Their biggest achievements was in 1920 when they had won the right to vote. In 1920…