current voting age from 18 to 16. The purpose of the proposal is to give American youth citizens their freedom and right to vote. Voting has been around for a very long time. New Zealand was the first major country to gain universal voting rights or suffrage. The United States has six Amendments the are based on voting laws. For example the 26th Amendment was presented to give 18 year olds the right to vote. So‚ if we don’t let youths vote we are taking away their right as American citizens and we are
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Washington‚ and Boston–all the major cities were accounted for. Women’s suffrage activists like Carrie Chapman Catt and Anne Dallas Dudley could be spotted around Nashville‚ helping push for the ratification of the “Anthony Amendment” in any way that they could. Tennessee women of all different walks of life–rural and urban‚ white collar and blue collar‚ white skin and black skin–joined together to gain support for women’s suffrage. As I took my seat inside the Tennessee House‚ my eyes slowly made a
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During the Women’s Suffrage movement women used many different methods to try to earn the right to vote. One piece of evidence is that Alice Paul and Lucy Burns held a parade to show awareness of Women’s Suffrage. Alice and Lucy had to do a lot of fundraising to be able to have this parade happen and eventually had enough money. In the parade there was signs‚ horses‚ and many women walking down the street. Men didn’t like this parade very much and started yelling awful things such as‚ “If you were
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Essay 3: Women’s Suffrage in the play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell Susan Glaspell was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and although her fame was due primarily to her skill in writing‚ today she is recognized as a pioneering feminist writer. Her one-act play‚ “Trifles”‚ is frequently cited as one of the greatest works of American theater. Written in 1916‚ it takes place during the height of the Women’s Rights movement‚ just 4 years before the 19th Amendment is signed into law‚ granting
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This is an excellent book to read. The Myth of Seneca Falls tells the story about the memory of the woman suffrage movement. Lisa Tetrault discusses how Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton are the famed founders of the women’s movement. Not only does Tetrault briefly tell her readers about the real story of Seneca Falls‚ New York in 1848‚ she provides her readers with a narrative built on research. Readers become familiar with the story that spanned from the 1840s through the end of the century
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government. The map shows the restrictions each states held on voters and allows one to realize how much the voting system changed to include more voters. The improvement displayed America’s effort in achieving their goal of universal white male suffrage‚ a democratic goal they felt necessary. A French travel reported in 1835 that America’s democracy was an efficient one and an equal one. The traveler reports this in the year 1835 after Jackson has left office and his impact
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right to vote‚ she states her number one reason is because of her kids. Her kids inspired and motivated her throughout the process so that in the future they won’t have to fight what is rightfully theirs. Other contributing factors to the women’s suffrage movement was World War I. Based on the reading lectures‚ “It brought some positive results at home: economic opportunity and women’s political participation.” While in the movie‚ Wilson had been mainly persuaded by Catt’s and Paul’s protests‚ it
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How far was Britain a democracy by 1918 In 1850 Britain was extremely far from being known as a democracy. This was due to the fact that the great reform act only extended the power of the vote from wealthy landowning men in 1832 to the wealthy middle class men. This meant that the majority of the population still were unable to vote. For a country to be democratic it entails to have certain circumstances which would include the majority of the population‚ every adult‚ having the right to vote
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in 1918 was their work during world war one. This view is being disputed on multiple levels; some argue that the war itself called for a rearrangement of the whole electoral system. Alternatively other historians argue that the work of the women’s suffrage workers such as the suffragist’s and the suffragettes‚ who campaigned for women’s rights throughout the 19th century‚ was the most significant factor in gaining the vote for women. Women’s contributions during world war one significantly contributed
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The Inevitable: An Analysis of Carrie Chapman Catt’s Address to the United States Congress (1917) In November 1917‚ Carrie Chapman Catt‚ leader of National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)‚ gave an address to the United States Congress expressing her belief that woman’s suffrage was inevitable‚ and requesting that Congress see it as such and vote to pass the amendment. Catt’s speech was based on facts and figures (ethos) from our own country’s history‚ logic‚ reasoning‚ and common sense
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