grime‚ and they could not breathe properly or fully because of the extreme tightness called for by the fashion of having a “wasp waist”. Elizabeth Cady Stanton complained‚ “why ‘the drapery’ is quite too much -- one might as well work with a ball and chain. Is being born a woman so criminal an offense‚ that we must be doomed to this everlasting bondage? (Stanton‚ "Our Costume").” And Theodosia Gilbert wrote that these costumes robbed women of the natural “poetry of motion” and grace which their bodies
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In the time of 1825-1850‚ United States officials and activists sought to expand the democratic ideals in which the country was founded. Activists such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton as well as many other women pushed for the right to vote‚ stating that both men and women were created equal‚ and women should be given the right to vote‚ for it was the democratic action to take. Other activists began to create democratic reforms as well‚ fighting to reinforce the ideals the nation so actively prides itself
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clean. In the late 1800s‚ women began to fight for their rights as individuals. They decided that they did not want to just be submissive wives. They wanted to have political positions and government roles. People such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ events such as the Cult of True Womanhood and the meeting at Seneca Falls‚ and the impacts such as gender equality and female government roles summarize the women’s suffrage movement. There were many historical events that caused and progressed
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a celebrated right. Yet not everyone had the freedom that was so treasured. Some people had to keep fighting for the freedom long after the Revolutionary War. Frederick Douglas‚ in his speech‚ “What to the slave is the fourth of July” and Elizabeth Cady Stanton in her Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention‚ share stories and explain how two groups of people‚ slaves and women‚ fight for their individual freedom. Both authors wrote two different pieces for different
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from man’s idea of who they should be. The Declaration of Rights and Sentiments‚ written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ would be the key to unlock those chains that had confined women for so long. The July 19th and 20th Seneca Falls convention would be the documented beginning of the struggle for women’s rights. Although there were many abolitionists and supporters of the women’s rights movement‚ Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott came to be remembered as the most significant. In 1840 they first met
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The women’s suffrage movement was full of brilliant political strategist who with their knowledge of the intricate government made their purpose and goals achievable. It was mainly lead by civil rights activists‚ propagandists‚ and writers. Their contribution was ultimately leading for their right to vote‚ and to run for office. This lead America to have more diversity with the people who were voting. The first women’s rights organization formed the International Counsel of Women (ICU). Since
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Susan B. Anthony‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ Ida B. Wells‚ and Alice Paul all are household names‚ and the former has secured her place on the American silver dollar. Anthony is known for her role in the foundation of the National American Woman Suffrage Association‚ or NAWSA‚ an organization that she eventually became the second president of. Born in 1820‚ she grew up in a Quaker family‚ her ideals grounded in the belief that women‚ in all aspects‚ should be equal to men. In 1853‚ she joined a campaign
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a petition in favor of leaving out the word " male" in the 14th amend-merit‚ and worked with the national woman suffrage association to induce congress to secure to her sex the right of voting. In 1867 she went to Kansas with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucy Stone‚ and there obtained 9‚000 votes in favor of woman suffrage. Anthony’s experience with the teacher’s union‚ temperance and antislavery reforms‚ and Quaker upbringing‚ laid fertile ground for a career in women’s rights
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likely how women of that era felt about their position in government or anywhere else for that matter. Many women were involved in this reform movement such as the Grimke sisters‚ Susan B. Anthony‚ Lucretia Mott‚ and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. According to Document I‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton made this statement at Seneca Falls on August 2‚ 1848. “…But we are assembled to protest against a form of government‚ existing without the consent of the governedвЂâ€to declare our right to be free as
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society. Women’s contributions to society‚ the work force‚ and their increasing intelligence‚ allowed them the right to vote. Many women throughout this time period before and after have fought for women’s suffrage in many different ways. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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