How the United States Government Has Changed

One of the many movements in the reform is the women's rights movement. Women could not vote, attend schools, or have certain jobs. They were expected to take care of the house, cook, and clean. Two women named Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Stanton impacted this movement in many ways. They had the idea to create a convention after they were told women could not take part in the proceedings . Their convention discussed many things such as, social, civil, and religious rights of women. This was the first gathering aimed toward women. Later Stanton wrote The Declaration of Sentiments. The Declaration of Sentiments talked about full equality for women. This document changed society and women were now allowed to do things they were not allowed to do before.

In U.S. history the roles of society were decided by gender, men’s role was mostly the same throughout history, but the women’s role changed slowly over time. There were many women who were fighting to change their roles and one such woman is Anne Marbury Hutchinson. In “Divine Rebel” Selma R. Williams tells the story of Anne Hutchinson, who was a Puritan woman of the late 1500s, and researched information was hard to find. There was a movement later that was called the Suffrage Movement and the women who were part of it suffered similar experiences as Anne Hutchinson. The thesis of this paper is that Anne Hutchinson fought for women’s rights as did the women of the Suffrage Movement and that comparing their experiences as well as their cultures in their time periods.

Women were often presented as minorities to men and didn’t have a voice in American decisions. Since America became a country, women learned to take care of all domestic tasks. Since women realized that they didn’t have many rights, many abolitionist women put themselves in same groups as blacks. These women began to participate in many anti-slavery protests to learn good speaking skills, which allowed them to advocate properly for their rights to the government. The privilege of voting rights was immanent to the women and the blacks because they both felt their voice should be heard. In 1840, at an anti-slavery convention, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, two vocal abolitionists who were serving as delegates, were voted

In U.S. history the roles of society were decide by gender, men’s role was mostly the same throughout history, but the women’s role changed slowly over time. There was many women who were fighting to change their roles and one such woman is Anne Marbury Hutchinson. In “Divine Rebel” Selma R. Williams tells the story of Anne Hutchinson, who was a Puritan woman of the late 1500s, and researched informations was hard to find. There was a movement later that was called the Suffrage Movement and the women who were part of it suffered similar experiences as Anne Hutchinson. The thesis of this paper is that Anne Hutchinson fought for women’s rights as did the women of the Suffrage

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, born in 1815 Johnstown, New York, was an American feminist who organized the first women’s rights convention at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls. On July 19th, 200 women met at this chapel to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman (History.com Staff). During the convention, Stanton rallied up all of the women and read “The Declaration of Sentiments and Grievances”. On the second day men were invited to attend. However, surprisingly Mott and Stanton were both banned from the convention. This sparked fires inside both of them, Stanton was infuriated, motivating her to found the women’s rights movement, National Women’s Loyal League, and the National Woman Suffrage Association.

In the year of 1863 Susan and Elizabeth Cady organized a Women’s National Loyal League so Anthony and Stanton could support and petition for the thirteenth amendment outlawing slavery. She and Elizabeth went on to campaign for full citizenship for women and for people of any race, including the right to be able to vote, in the fourteenth and the fifteenth amendments. Susan and Stanton were very disappointed when they found out that women were excluded from this. So Susan continued to try and get equal rights for all American citizens, including the people who had been

Prior to the U.S. civil war from 1861 to 1865, women were struggling for their rights as well as to end slavery. In 1857 an annual women’s right convention failed to meet due to leader Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucy Stone lecturing in antislavery efforts. Later being thrown into excitement with the thirteenth amendment of the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1865(Ban on Voting). Susan B. Anthony was also securing the ratification of an act that allowed married women their possessions suck as their children in New York. Later on Susan B. Anthony showed huge devotion to a group called the woman’s loyal league which was favorable of the 13th amendment ratifying through congress. In 1860 she gained the favor of leaving out the word “male” in the constitutional 14th amendment with petitioning for her cause, as well as working with the women suffrage association to force congress to secure the right of the female sex (Susan B Anthony). Furthermore in 1869, Anthony along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton began the National Woman Suffrage Association. Also, around this time the two women creation a paper called The Revolution which was a paper that was sent weekly and focused on women’s rights, furthermore later they revised a volumes of History of Woman Suffrage (Susan B). As people supported the Equal Right Amendment between 1972 and 1982 the various ways of civil disobedience were shown them

Before the 1700s, women in the United States didn’t receive any good education. When women did start to get good education, they started to get more into politics and started asking questions about why couldn’t they vote among other things. The year 1948, marked the birth of women suffrage movement when the first women’s right convention was held in Seneca Falls. The convention was organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Together with other women they declared that women should have rights in education, voting, property and more.

In 1840, two women from London by the names of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott came to the United States, to organize the women's right convention at Seneca Falls in 1848. By 1866, they received aid from Susan B. Anthony and Lucy Stone to establish the American Equal Rights Association. These women were very hard working and dedicated to what they were trying to do. Iit was at this point that their ranks begain to swell and gain momentum. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the leading feminist philosopher for the first generation of women's rights activists. She also had a supportive husband to boot. Though during the 1840's and 1850's, she was busy with maternal chores, she still found time to write and plan a strategy for the women's rights

During the late 1830s through the late 1870s women had little to no rights when it came to certain situations. Some women Such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Catherine Beecher and Mary Livermore all had their different opinions on women rights. Elizabeth Cady Stanton who was a woman activist believed that when it comes to marriage a woman should have the same equal opportunities as a man. Catherine Beecher a prominent writer believed that women should have no rights when it comes to abolition societies. Beecher believed that heaven had designated man “the Superior” and women “the subordinate” and that the purpose of life was for men to have the power to protect the women. Mary Livermore a former worker in the civil war always believed women should have the same rights as men. Now that the civil war is over she reflects on how society has changed when it comes to women rights.

As the future progressed, government, church and family progressed along with the changing society. The government had seemingly removed God from many things and replaced him with science and modern beliefs.

Throughout the early to mid nineteenth century, many women were seen trying to fight for many rights and opportunities that were not granted to them. Many of which pursued to organized movements, groups, conventions and other forms to utilize platforms to reach out and present the ideologies and changes that they believed needed to be changed. During this time, women were given the same legal status and rights as compared to a minor or a free black. The beliefs and ideology in this country during this time towards women were very similar to as of the colonial days. Which was very unfortunate due to the fact they we had already gone so far as a country to get to where they were at that time. But, during the 1840’s, women started to take a stand on the issues that they were having. These issues included that they were not allowed to vote, own property, not receiving the same pay as equal to men, and no voice in legal matters due to the fact that they would have to

From homemaker to suffragette, the role of women has significantly evolved in society. Females have revolutionized societal standards, thus forming the modern woman. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and Emmeline Pankhurst were important in the expansion of female privileges during the Women's Rights Movement in the United States and Great Britain. They worked to give all females greater opportunities and equal treatment. Throughout history, women’s rights and roles have evolved in education, working standards, and suffrage.

Between 1877 and 2000, American has experienced several political, economic and social areas that have shaped and changed the America that we live in today. The various eras such as World War I, the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, the Progressive Era and World War II all had separate issues causing changes in relation to race, social classes, gender and domestic and international affairs. To narrow down events that are deemed to be the most significant is a very complicated task as many events were the compilation of several other triumphs and defeats. Although not all events during these periods had a lasting impact, several strongly influence the way that we live today. The programs of the New Deal, the women’s suffrage,

1.Analyze the evolution of the American political system. Be sure to include one individual or document that influenced the Constitution and one change in the federal system.