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    Over the course of our American history, feminist movements have taken action to demand equal rights for both men and women. The fight for the right to vote was one of those most notable movements. The passing of the nineteenth Amendment in 1920 was undoubtedly a victory for feminists of that time. The right to vote gave women an overwhelming sensation of pride and power. While this moment in history was indeed an astonishing achievement for equal rights, the fight is far from over. However…

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    passionate about topics like male chauvinism (men who opposed and belittled feminists) and sexism. Secondly, one of the strongest feminist movements that happened during the Second Wave of Feminism was the “Mouvement de Libération des Femmes”, or the “Women’s liberation movement.” The people who were mainly involved in instigating this revolt were, Antoinette Fouque, Monique Wittig, and Josiane Chanel. During this revolt groups and organizations gathered and rebelled against the idea and…

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    wave was when women from around the world with different backgrounds began to come together because of similar issues. Also, the second wave resolved many issues that did not pertain just women, but the young, poor, minorities, and people who needed health care. The third wave is the modernized version of feminism and celebrates the acceptance of being a woman. Many third wave feminists describe themselves as strong, beautiful, and smart women. Also, research claims because of the first and…

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    A country with every person living in it is equal, no matter what their gender is, sounds ideal right? This would be a much better world if that was true, but unfortunately it 's not. To this very day, people are unfairly treated all because of race, sexual orientation, Gender, and many other reasons. When it comes to inequality due to gender, Females are unfairly treated compared to men. Females don’t get the same amount of pay as men do for the same job. Women also don’t get the same amount of…

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    The woman that fought so hard for something she never saw completed went down in history as one of the greatest, most influential people in America. Susan B. Anthony was among the women with great ambition and fire to see change in the world around her. She believed all people, gender or race, should have rights. Anthony wanted all of America to feel equal and empowered to work together to fight for the common good. She was a suffragist and abolitionist who wanted women to feel as important as…

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    Discuss how Froebel 's educational strategies fostered the inner qualities of the human being. Froebel, like many other educational philosophers is still celebrated today, with many of his theories still being applied in classrooms and schools. Most notable of all his work is his work with young children, especially in developing the concept of the kindergarten. Through his kindergarten and teaching ideals, Froebel was able to foster the development of the inner qualities of the human being…

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    creating laws that allow women to have equal rights as men. Activists and reformers fought for these laws over the span of a century and earned them by trials. A women’s right activist by the name of Susan B. Anthony ensconces her stance in her speech “On Women’s Right to Vote” addressing the inequality that women confront. Anthony’s speech “On Women’s Right to Vote” produces a tone of disgust and indignation through the use of pathos, logos, and ethos conveying that women, as citizens are…

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    Susan B. Anthony, otherwise known as the women who lead the rise for women’s rights activism during the 19th century. Stanton held possessed social and civic intelligence that was influenced by her father’s profession as lawyer. When she was young, Stanton admired her cousin Garret Smith an abolitionist and eventually followed her footsteps in adulthood where she attended variety of antislavery conventions and campaigned for women’s economic rights on a legislative level. Nonetheless, Stanton…

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    Women’s Movements Throughout 1800’s and 1900’s The concept of feminism originated in the political ideas of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. This was directed to the idea that all human beings enjoyed similar fundamental rights in which people wanted to be part of. The female demands increased, particularly starting in France, which soon provoked the feminist tracts to be spread throughout. Although the women’s movement first developed in the western world, it had a slow development in…

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    Dbq The Progressive Era

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    rogressive Era The Progressive Era during the years of 1900-1920 was a period of widespread social activism and political change across the United States. Reformers, such as Theodore Roosevelt, Jane Addams, and Alice Paul, attempted to bring change to the obstacles that had affected Americans during previous years. The challenges that were improved were woman suffrage, child labor, working conditions, and civil rights. After the Industrial Revolution, reformers were trying to eliminate child…

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