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president in the 1997s. 2. Who is the Intended Audience of the documents? - The audience of Abigail Adams letter was to the females. She wanted to tell John Adams “not to forget about the nation’s women when fighting for America’s independence. Many women’s in the late 1700s didn’t have many rights as the men do. Abigail Adams wrote the letter to inform her husband, that…

Davion Walker-Hall History 2300 Prof.Moore Abigail and John Adams on Women and the American Revolution This started March 31, 1776, the wife of John Adams, Abigail Adams who’s a strong advocate of women’s rights. Writes a letter to John stating for him and other members of the Continental Congress to not forget about the women fighting for America for whatever new law they may create. Because she felt that the nation should recognize women more than just property. She wanted John to not enforce…

The Kids are alright is an amazing movie to watch. It is about lesbian family that has two great kids. When those two children grown up they decided that they want to find their donor father. After they started to look for their father, the problems in their family start. When children found their donor father, he had changed them and made them look at themselves from different side. In the movie there are issues like women stereotypes, lesbian family, and parents do not understand kids.…

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 Rochester, Ny” ( "Susan B. Anthony Biography.") Susan B.…

Gertrudis De La Garza, known for her monumental work as mother and general in the revolutionary army, died on Saturday, March 6th in her home town of Nogales. She was 42. Gertrudis died from complications of Spanish Influenza, said husband Juan Alejandrez. Growing up on the family farm in Guaymas, Mexico, Gertrudis always was one to stand out in the family. From her exuberant rhythm, movement, and love of music she truly made an occasion one to remember. Rosaura, her eldest sister, recalls…

accompany femininity in a male dominated world. In the past, women’s power has been seized by men in the name of religion, “science”, and even notions as weak as tradition. With the dawn of the industrial age in the late 1800’s, women saw their roles inside the home changing and this gave them the freedom to begin a metamorphosis from subservient homemakers into eager individuals. With a newfound…

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…

Eleanor Roosevelt was a person whom we found interesting and wanted to further study. We had known some of the impact she had on social injustices but wanted to know more. Eleanor is an important part of National and world wide history because of the work she did. In the US, she strived to get rights for women and fought for the rights of colored people. Her passion led her to impact the world when she helped draft the International Bill of Rights. A large majority of our research was…

Sedgwick talked about the acknowledgment in woman's rights that not all persecutions are compatible as an especially vital one, since it incorporated the acknowledgment that a man who is handicapped through one arrangement of mistreatments may actually be empowered through others in the quote, “a woman’s use of a married name makes graphic at the same time her subordination as a woman and her privilege as a presumptive heterosexual” (2474). What Sedgwick was explaining in this quote was that a…

Feminism is quite prominent today. While it has existed in the past with Abolitionists and Suffragists, it was seen as a radical mindset. Today, people on Twitter are calling out the media for sexist headings about the Olympics; people jump to defend rape survivors; there is a larger call than ever to erase the wage gap. In the article “There is No Unmarked Woman,” Deborah Tannen states that a woman is judged or marked simply for her appearance. In “Between the World and Me,” Ta-Nehisi Coates…