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Persuasive Essay On Women's Rights

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Did you know that “From 1848 to 1920… Victorian-era scientists argued that women were by nature inferior to men, even claiming that the shape and size of female skulls were evidence of their weaker brainpower”(Pruitt, 2016, p. 1)? According to DQYDJ.com, “Men's wage percentile is greater than Women’s by 3%-8%.” Women have been limited in the past to not only what they can do for a living, but to what rights they have. Not that long ago it was acceptable for Women to be beat by their husband. Women have the legal right to vote in 2017, can choose their own career path in 2017, and have the right to be independent and take any legal violations to trial in 2017. Women’s rights have changed tremendously throughout history.
One way women’s rights have changed through history is their ability to vote in a democracy. In “1777 All states pass laws which take away women’s right to vote” (National Women's History Project, 2017, p. 1). Wyoming was the first state to give women the legal right to vote in 1890, and states progressively gave women the right to vote. Then according to The National Women’s History Project, in “1920 The Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified. It declares: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”” Women used to not even have a say in what happened in their country, but now women have the right to an opinion and legally vote.
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