Women's suffrage

to smoke because it was deemed manly (Moore 72). “Before national suffrage was achieved, a great many women—equally excluded from this basic right of citizenship—could…

Several reform movements regarding the advancement of democratic ideals gained traction from 1825 to 1850. Activists were concerned with social and institutional issues, principal among these being temperance, abolitionism, women's rights, religion, education, and the penal system. However, this period also saw the emergence of decidedly anti-democratic nativist policies designed to oppress recently naturalized citizens. The pressure for social reform began as a response to perceived…

more effective at dealing with issues such as “child care, poverty, education, women’s issues, and the environment” (Dolan 2013). In her research she finds that women who are Democratic and in the house had little to no impact by the stereotypes. Democrats…

September 6, 1860 and died May 21, 1935. She was a remarkable person and left behind an awesome legacy of social and political activism. Jane was a pioneer American settlement social worker, a public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women’s suffrage and world peace. She began her contributions during the Progressive Era and was able to stand out and still leave a great mark during the times when Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson were also making their marks as reformers and…

As time went on, John continued to travel, leaving Abigail to raise their six children, and work their forty acres with little help. This lead Abigail to become the independent, strong-willed woman that she was, and furthered her desire to change women’s roles in…

Once you analyze all of your sources, you finally come to your decision. When election day comes and you go to a voting area, excited to fill out your ballot, you are suddenly stopped by someone and told you are not allowed to vote. Without the Women's Suffrage Movement, the 19th amendment would not exist and women would not have the right to vote today. Many women living in America today enjoy their rights and freedom. If the 19th amendment had not been ratified in 1920, then women would not…

September 10, 1797 in London, UK. She was a philosopher, critic, novelist, writer and advocate for woman’s rights (Johnstone). She is known to be “the first of a new genus” (Clark), and a founding mother of feminism (Campbell). According to Women Suffrage and Beyond, growing up Wollstonecraft suffered from oppressive gender roles. Her mother, Elizabeth Dixon, and father’s, Edward John Wollstonecraft, marriage was an influence in her writing, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, because he was…

Susan B. Anthony was an extraordinary leader. She was born in February 15, 1820. Her family was Quakers, which began as a new Christian denomination in the mid-1600. The Quakers believed in the equality of man and women and were also against slavery. They were against slavery and took a stand to end slavery. They also believed in the equal rights for men and women. Susan and her family worshiped at the Unitarian Church where her aunt used to preach. This was an unusual practice for that era.…

In her publications, 1841 “Treatise on Domestic Economy for the Use of Young Ladies at Home” and 1869 “The American Woman’s Home”, Beecher provided women with “a whole new philosophy on home management” (Elias). Although she opposed women's suffrage, she believed that women could become professionals, but within their own sphere, separate from the men’s public sphere. She acknowledged that domestic science was just as important as other popular sciences. She also expressed that knowledge…

American population and other cultures around the world, Women’s Rights. In the push to raise awareness of the oppression of women and the inequality of sexes women traveled the country speaking to anyone that would listen. Two women stand apart in the effectiveness and remembrance of the speeches, as well as their leadership positions and impact they left on the nation in the development of equality. In the early years of this fight for women’s suffrage small conventions were held such as the…