struggle of American women for their right to vote. The movies starts out with two well educated friends in London‚ Alice and Lucy. They are both woman suffrage activists. Both Alice and Lucy were willing to do whatever it took for the amendment that allowed women to vote. During a meeting they spoke to a lady part of the National American Suffrage association (NAWSA) about their ideas of fighting for constitutional amendment for the right for women to vote‚ while the elder activists were conservative
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Abolition‚ Women’s Rights and Democracy The second Great Awakening in the early eighteen hundreds was a widespread religious revival that greatly impacted society. Its influences that appealed to emotions rather than doctrine were greatly supported by reformers who sought to improve themselves as well as society’s ills. Of these reformers some movements began to form including movements for abolition and women’s rights. For example‚ a famous minister‚ Charles Grandison Finney of the Second Great
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improve working conditions. They also fought to give the public more direct control over government through direct primaries to nominate candidates for public office‚ direct election of senators‚ the initiative‚ referendum‚ and recall‚ and women’s suffrage. By the beginning of the 20th century‚ muckraking journalists were calling attention to the exploitation of child labor‚ corruption in city governments‚ the horror of lynching‚ and the ruthless business practices employed by businessmen‚ like
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progressives were not a single unified group and even had some contradicting goals. They were middle class urban dwellers and some were women. The progressives wanted to end prostitution‚ Americanize immigrants‚ antitrust legislation created‚ women’s suffrage‚ and the start of prohibition. An example of a group of progressive women who wanted to start prohibition is The Women’s Christian Temperance Union. This group was lead by Francis Willard. The goals of the Women’s Christian Temperance union were
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continued to fight hard for social equality and equal pay. Today women have achieved legal and economic progress‚ but they still face many challenges dealing with unequal pay‚ the demand of supporting a family‚ maintaining a career‚ etc. 1865-1876: Suffrage The Declaration of Independence claimed that all men were created equal‚ but made no mention of women’s rights‚ or of their equality. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony found this to be unacceptable and created the “Womanifesto‚” modeled
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The 20th century was a time of great change in the way women were perceived as members of Australian society. A notable example of a person who helped to bring about this change is the feminist Vida Goldstein‚ who campaigned for women’s suffrage and social reform in regards to gender inequality. She was an influential leader in the history of Australia’s feminist movement‚ and her actions were critical in the formation of the gender equal society we live in today. Vida was the eldest daughter
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corruption‚ poverty‚ and awful labor conditions but it being covered up by big businesses‚ or “gilded”. Progressives were people who were advocating social reforms such as the prohibition of alcohol sales‚the riddance of the spoils system‚ and women’s suffrage. Examples of these Progressives included Progressives took it upon themselves to better the nation and live up to America being a free and opportunistic country. One of the goals of Progressives was temperance‚ or not consuming alcohol. In the mid-1800s
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in the society. After years of hard work and fighting for equality women gained their rights to independence. In Canada‚ it was accomplished through three women-based associations which I found convincing to the cause of women’s freedom; Women’s Suffrage‚ Women’s Rights Movements and Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada. For many years‚ women struggled to earn the right to vote and the right to equality. They wanted to stand on the equal scale of men because they decided that
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literacy‚ in government‚ in owning land‚ saving earnings have a profession or ballot. Elizabeth Cady Stanton fought for what she believed was honorable in the female gender. Stanton placed confidence for women to have the ability to vote and have women suffrage. Also she place logical reasoning into why women should have the same equal right as men. Lastly Stanton used a more emotional appeal to attract more supporter. At Seneca Falls Women’s Convention in 1848‚ Stanton wrote the Declaration of Sentiment
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The 19th Amendment The majority of Americans today enjoy a comfortable lifestyle when compared to other citizens of the world. This is not a knock against them; however‚ it is important to note that these benefits are rarely given away freely. Throughout America’s past‚ brave citizens have petitioned‚ rallied‚ fought‚ and died for the rights that we consider “givens”. The right to vote‚ which many people today shirk and scoff at‚ was not guaranteed to anyone that wasn’t a white property-owning
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