Biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton By: Kylie Fung Elizabeth Cady Stanton was both an abolitionist and a women’s right activist‚ feminist‚ editor‚ and writer. Her writing‚ Declaration of Sentiments‚ gave a revolutionary call to all women across the country. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born on November 12‚ 1815 in Johnstown‚ New York. After she graduated from the Emma Willard’s Troy Female Seminary in 1832‚ she started to get interested in abolitionist‚ temperance‚ and women’s rights movements from
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Anthony on the Revolution‚ an activist week by week paper. The two then shaped the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1869. She was the president of this association until 1890. “Besides chronicling the history of the suffrage movement‚ Elizabeth Cady
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Coalition of Labor Union Women (1973). The force of the women’s rights movement‚ spearheaded by NOW‚ was brought to bear on the major issue of the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the Constitution. The ERA was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives in 1971 and by the Senate in 1972. On June 30‚ 1982‚ however‚ ratification of the ERA fell three states short of the 38 needed by that deadline. Later congressional efforts to reintroduce the measure have failed‚ although a number
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how this was not the case back then. A great women’s activist and the former of the women’s suffrage movement Susan B. Anthony worked hard to obtain women’s right to vote. She was born on February 15‚ 1820 in Adams‚ Massachusetts. She was raised in Quaker family that believed women’s were equal to men; and should be able to have the same rights even to education. In addition Susan B. Anthony had the opportunity to have an education do to because her father believe all his children should have an education
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formation of the National Women Suffrage Association‚ and prominent women’s rights figure Susan B. Anthony. On July of 1848‚ a group of men and women meet in Seneca Falls‚ New York to discuss legal limitations placed on women. Of the people gathered was a woman of the name Susan B. Anthony who would spark and encourage women rights throughout the 1850-1920’s until the ratification of the 19th amendment. Anthony served to the women of the late 1800’s/early 1900’s as a figure of strength. She spoke
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maybe because he felt more powerful than her due to the fact that she is a woman‚ or that he is just always angry. Curley’s wife wanted to experience the American Dream to go out and work. For years white woman did not work‚ but stayed in the house and were house keepers. White woman wanted to experience the American dream‚ and were treated unequal for a long time until the 19th amendment passed. They went through tough obstacles like education‚ discrimination‚ and sexism. White woman faced many
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the diary of a Schoolgirl This book is a diary written by a young girl named Caroline Cowles Richards. Carolina tells the reader about her life. How at a early age her and her sister Anna‚ lost their mother‚ were sent to their grandparents house in canandaigua‚ New York. They were brought up with simplicity‚ sweetness and Puritan traditions. The diary begins in 1852‚ and is continued until 1872. She recalls swift transitions throughout her life that the reader can recall events happening in
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the mid-1800s. Gage was born on March 24‚ 1826 in Cicero‚ New York and was raised in a house dedicated to antislavery. ("Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation") The activist and free thinker Matilda Joslyn Gage is relevant in today’s American culture because of her work in the abolitionist movement which led to the emancipation of slaves; her pioneering work to start the woman’s suffrage movement with Susan B. Anthony that sought equal rights for woman; and her views on religion and how it influenced the
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“Women’s do not get equal rights as men’s” Throughout life‚ Women have been experiencing a kind of situation where they do not receive equal rights as men. It is a spread of nationalism and it brings awareness to several of people. A majority group of women from different countries‚ races‚ cultures and languages speak of situations where they have been abused‚ threatened‚ victimized‚ mistreated and judged based on their appearance and capabilities. In spite that it is an issue‚ women perform their
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were a few very important women‚ and without them‚ women would still not have the right to vote. The idea of getting more rights brought a few very important woman to help fight for this cause. These women include Susan B. Anthony‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ and Alice Paul. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were said to have started the fight for women’s rights. They
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