Women's rights

Revolution, women had very few rights. In Abigail Adams’ letter (1776) to her husband, John Adams, she told him to “remember the ladies,” which means men should not have unlimited powers and women should have rights equal to men. The Declaration of Independence (written a couple months after Abigail Adams’ letter) did not state anything about gender equality or women’s rights. More than 100 years later, in 1920, the 19th Amendment of the Constitution stated “The right of citizens of the United…

The notable speech Women Rights are Human Rights” was recited on September of 1995, at the fourth world conference on women in China, by the famous Hillary Clinton that supported and argued women were entitled to rights and equality in their countries. Hillary Clinton's speech was a rhetorical argument that supported women through the use of pathos, logos, repetition, and a strong tone to indicate her passion. Hillary Clinton gave this speech at the forth world conference to persuade the people…

of the most prominent changes has to be how much women’s rights progressed during the Victorian era. Women started receiving the same type of education as men, and they soon started working in the same professional field as the men did. In the Victorian era women’s rights progressed due to many factors, some of them being women feeling unsatisfied with their lives, and because women strived for independence. One of the reason’s why women’s rights began to progress during the Victorian era was…

During the eighteen century woman did not have the same rights and privileges as men. The right to vote was not allowed. Education and occupation opportunities were scarce. After marriage women had to give control of their property to the husband. A woman place was in the home caring for the children and tending to domestic affairs. Equality for women changed in the 1800s. Coeducational studies at the university became available. State laws were put in place that allowed married women to keep…

Women’s Rights Susan B. Anthony was born on Feb. 15, 1820. Once Susan grew older, she helped with the finding of the Women’s Suffrage Association (where she later became the president of the association.) Her work helped open the eyes to women everywhere, and how they can do so much more in their lifetime when they gain rights. Susan B. Anthony helped pave the path for women and their rights everywhere. Without her motivation, women might not have the rights they do today. In the 19th…

years apart, argue the same point; by denying women the same rights as men, society admits to viewing them as lesser humans. In Anthony’s speech, she claims that the Constitution was always meant to “protect the people in exercise of their God-given rights”(lines 25-26). She asserts that the government has betrayed their mission to defend the rights of the people by not allowing women those rights. By giving only men the right to vote, they’re only pushing the belief women are lesser,…

Margaret Fuller Margaret Fuller was born in Cambridge port, Massachusetts, on May 23, 1810. She was the oldest of nine children. When she was thirty years old, she complained about the nightmare and headaches that happened because she had an unnatural childhood. She wanted to become a fulltime writer and translator Margaret Fuller, known as “woman of genius,” struggled for much of her life to carve out a sphere in which she might flourish. In volume six of History of Woman Suffrage they…

them. However, gaining women their rights was not an easy task. Many people were content with their current lives. Not…

Susan B. Anthony is a woman that was arrested in 1872, because she went to vote illegally by being a woman. Susan B. Anthony was an activist during 1872. Anthony believed that regardless of gender or race, you as an American citizen should have the right to vote. After Anthony’s arrest, she gave a speech about her illegally casting her vote and the point she was trying to make by voting. In Susan B. Anthony’s speech, she states “We formed a Union not to give the blessing of liberty, but to…

The Woman rights are a extremely large topic and controversy people around the world have heard of or have talked about. Individuals now in days have a large amount of things to say about woman rights and have a strong opinion about it. In the 17th century or even the early 18th century, woman rights where none existing. Even though now we have women’s rights, women are still, not being treated equally as men. We now live in a world where everything is exceeding, everything is improving and…