Women's colleges in the United States

The middle class of American society demanded change following the turn on the century for an increased emphasis on childhood education, women’s rights in society, and regulation of food and drugs. There was also an increase demand for the American people to be further involved in governmental affairs as well as the diminishment of monopolies and protection from financial exploitation. From 1900 to 1920, the Progressive reformers partially struggled to address the social concerns of the American…

the way to get their point across and get positive attention. Protest became very popular. A student movement dedicated to greater student power – they dedicated their protest to a movement to end American involvement in the Vietnam War. The women’s movement protested to bring equality to American women. The gay rights movement protested to end biases and laws against homosexuals. The environmental movement protested to change the conditions of man-made pollution, population growth, and…

Effect of the Women’s Right Movement "Men their rights, and nothing more; women their rights, and nothing less." (Anthony, 1868). After the Civil War that was an uncompromising differences between the freedom, race, and slave over the power of the government to forbid slavery in the territories that had not yet become states, there are many movements had stated. For example, fighting about the passage of the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and nineteenth amendments to the U.S. Constitution, struggles to…

objective for females during this time was to live for marriage and this is the highest dream they should have. They should live for their spouse and family. Some women did work, but was typically paid far less than a male doing the same job. The women’s rights movement began to battle some of the ways women were thought of and treated. Men were thought to be smarter…

100 years, the movement of feminism has come a long way. However, the fight is far from over. By continuing to campaign and raise awareness, feminists will one day be able to make a serious change in this country. The first gathering devoted to women’s rights took place…

In a historic ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States has overturned a Texas abortion law and declared it unconstitutional. The case was decided by a 5-3 vote on June 27 by the Supreme Court. The decision is expected to have repercussions throughout the country, as several states have similar laws that are currently being blocked or are in effect. The law had required clinics that provide abortions services to have surgical facilities and doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby…

The fight for women’s suffrage was an ongoing topic in the United States in the 1920’s. Women’s suffrage was the struggle for women to achieve the right to vote and hold office, which was a pressing matter for women of the time. But it was soon to be that women 's lives would be changed for the better in politics, work, education, and in the home. With advances in society, some women stood up and made a true example of women’s suffrage activists and future congresswomen. Jeannette Rankin was one…

In the sports of women’s professional tennis and U.S. college football, athletes can often times be constructed as a body with a talent in athleticism, and at the same time be neglected in the acknowledgment of their citizenship through discourses, language, and institutional networks. In the sport of U.S. college football the athlete that is constituted by the network of institutions discourses, and languages as an overworked and underpaid laborer who is denied their ability to exercise their…

Alex Morgan is a famous soccer player, obviously because she is a women's world cup champion, also an olympic gold medalist. Alex Morgan plays for the United States women's national soccer team, also the Orlando Pride team,and she played forward. Alex Morgan was born in 1989 on July 2, she is 26 years old. Alex Morgan’s full name is Alexandra Patricia Morgan. Alex Morgan had two sisters. Alex Morgan has an average height, she is five foot tall and seven inches. Tight now Alex Morgan is going to…

Gender neutral bathrooms in college can sometimes be an uncomfortable topic to discuss for adults and adolescences. Public bathrooms have been segregated since before most of us can even remember. A women’s restroom on one side and a men’s restroom on the other side. It has always been that way and some feel that it should always stay that way. Why fix something that is not broken? However, to the transgender community, it is broken. The question that comes to their mind is, “Which restroom…