Pilar Vizzo 11/01/2012 According to Barbara Holland‚ in the conclusion of her book They Went Whistling: Women Wayfarers‚ Warriors‚ Runaways‚ and Renegades (2001)‚ women have been allowed to have careers as a way to keep them busy so that they are not voicing their opinions on critical issues that exist or may arise. Instead of using their energies to participate in politics or law passing‚ they are occupied with keeping the “establishment” safe since keeping their jobs or careers has been imposed
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Exploring the Leader in Susan B. Anthony Victoria March Executive Leadership December 20‚2015 Exploring the Leader in Susan B. Anthony There are a lot of women that have changed the face of history. Countless women have contributed to women’s rights in various ways fighting for respect and fair treatment that not long ago was ignored. Susan B. Anthony was a significant force that became a woman that took action and not just by her words‚ which credits her as an example of as a positive
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which gave women the right to vote‚ was finally ratified and became a law on August 26‚ 1920. Many brave woman and organizations fought for the right to be considered equal to men. Organizations such as NWSA‚ founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ and AWSA‚ founded by Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell. These people‚ as well as many others‚ took a stand so that woman could have the rights that they do today‚ the right to vote. Woman’s suffrage was one of the most influential things in
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sense of community and a greater role in the community. Elite white women in the North also responded to the changes in the United States. Women’s right was a controversial issue when it was presented in Seneca Falls convention in 1848‚ by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. The main point of this document was that both women and men were created equal. “He has taken from her all right in property‚ even to the wages she earns.” (Declaration of Sentiments 173). As women were basically treated
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been degraded and pushed around‚ causing women to initial movements to change the way society treats women. In America‚ "the land of the free"‚ women have to fight for their equal rights. Reformers‚ such as Fanny Wright‚ Susan B. Anthony‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ Amelia Bloomer and many more have done so through their actions‚ and speeches. Nevertheless‚ in recent times fashion has become an available source of expression. It is a powerful tool to be able to be seen and not heard--but still get the
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The period from 1820-1850 were the years of change for the American society. It was a period of time when the most important and diversified events that occurred in the American history; it was a period of time to break free from old habits and beliefs that had been left behind. The main goal of the reforms was to make the society a better place for everyone. And the reforms did bring magnificent changes to slavery‚ women’s rights‚ and people’s morality. One of the most successful reform efforts
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it the “Election Day!” This cartoon was created to show men in America what would happen if they voted for women’s suffrage. At the time of the 1909 cartoon‚ there were several feminist movements in the United States. One movement is when Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her partner‚ Susan B. Anthony launched the National Women Suffrage Association (NWSA) demanding the vote for women. Suffragists won victories in Colorado in 1893‚ and Idaho in 1896. However‚ women suffered a harsh defeat in a California
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The Progressive Era Progressivism is an umbrella label for a wide range of economic‚ political‚ social‚ and moral reforms. These included efforts to outlaw the sale of alcohol; regulate child labor and sweatshops; scientifically manage natural resources; insure pure and wholesome water and milk; Americanize immigrants or restrict immigration altogether; and bust or regulate trusts. Drawing support from the urban‚ college-educated middle class‚ Progressive reformers sought to eliminate corruption
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the organized campaign for women’s suffrage. The movement towards women’s suffrage began in 1840 when Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton went to London to attend a World Anti-Slavery Society Convention. The were barred from attending and told to sit in a curtained enclosure with other women attendees if they wished to meet. This incident inspired Mott and Stanton to organize the First Women’s Rights Convention which was held in Seneca Falls‚ New York‚ in 1848. Three hundred women and some
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Reform movements are a key characteristic in the antebellum period. Many groups sought to reform and uplift society in many ways‚ with many ideals in mind. Most of the antebellum reform movements reflected primarily democratic ideals. This was true through the many democratic based reforms between 1825 and 1850. One powerful and widespread movement in early America is the fight for women’s rights. This view of the women’s role was very similar to that of black slaves. Taken more serious was that
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