Policy Project : Women 's Rights

The full text of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) reads as follows, “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex” (qtd. in Stewart 33). These twenty-four words would become some of the most controversial of the twentieth century. Under the nineteenth amendment, American women obtained the right to vote in 1920. This amendment inspired Alice Paul to draft the first ERA which she then introduced to the United States Congress in 1923. After this first proposal, the ERA would eventually be proposed in each succeeding session of Congress (Stewart 33). Despite its introduction every year for fifty years, the ERA did not accumulate a strong opposing force until after it

For quite a long time, women have wanted to receive the same treatment as men. When African American men were able to vote, women wanted to be able to vote as well. When World War II was in progress, women would work in the factories while their husbands, brothers and fathers were fighting in the war. Women were tired of being treated differently and not having the same rights as men, so they wanted to conceive an amendment that would force people to treat them as equally as men and anyone else. This amendment was called the Equal Rights Amendment. On March 22, 1972, the equal rights amendment, E.R.A., was passed by the United States Senate and was sent to the states for ratification. Thirty states ratified the amendment but then a

In the years of 1848 to 1920 all that was important in the U.S. was giving women the right to vote. Right to voting was very important to women because it was thought to a beginning of a world of equality between men and women. The idea of equality helped create Women's suffrage (also known as woman's right to vote). In 1848, a group of abolitionist activists mostly women, but also some men gathered in Seneca Falls, New York to discuss the problem of women's rights to voting. Furthermore during the 1800’s and 1900’s “Women and Women’s Organizations” worked for broad based economic and political equality for women. Women didn’t gain the right to vote until the passage of the 19th amendment in 1919 which also helped empower some women to create the “National League of Women Voters” in 1920 to educate women about their rights and additionally it sponsored Women’s Equality Day which is held on the 26th of August to celebrate the anniversary of the 19th Amendment. Right to

Darkness reigned over America as women fought for their freedom. Women suffered from discrimination based on gender for decades, always subordinate to men. This led to protests across the nation during the Progressive Era, and started a 72 year long dispute. After years of discrimination, an amendment finally passed in the states granting women more freedoms and less gender discrimination. Due to the change, America was led into a better future. The Nineteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was finally passed which legalized women’s right to vote and created a voice for women.

After World War 1 ended the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified on August 18th 1920, this granted American women the right to vote, it stated, “The right of the 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”, (The Nineteenth Amendment, Smentkowski). Before the 1800s through the early 1900s female citizens in the United States were not permitted the same rights as men. It was not until 1848 where Elizabeth Cady Staton and Lucretia Mott organized a convention in Seneca Falls, New York, to demand the right to vote should not be based on sex. Staton and Mott along with many other activist established organizations that raised public awareness to admit

Woman suffrage in the United States was achieved gradually through the 19th and early 20th Century. The women’s suffrage movement concluded in 1920 with a famous passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution which stated: “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.” In the aftermath of the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848, which demanded the rights for women’s suffrage, most Americans rejected the movement because people did not want the United States system to change when it was already clearly working,

The 19th amendment was the true beginning of the women's fight for their rights, because the right to vote provides a powerful voice. In the twenties, women were discriminated - sadly, they still are - so society didn't let them vote. However, women didn't accept it, and they began to fight for their right to vote. Senator Aaron A. Sargent introduced the Nineteenth Amendment to the Congress, which prohibited denying the right of vote to U.S. citizens based on their sex. In 1919, the Congress passed the amendment, and in 1920 it was ratified. Today, women not only can vote, but they also have participation on the government, for example Madeleine Albright. She was the first woman that became the Secretary of States on the United States. Even

The Feminist Movement in the United States carried over to the 1970s, and took a prominent role within society. The fiftieth anniversary of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (which legalized female suffrage) in 1970 was commemorated by the Women 's Strike for Equality and other protests. Women everywhere wanted equal pay. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was a proposed amendment that would guarantee equality under the law for women. It was introduced in 1923. During the 1970s, the ERA was passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification, but fell three states short

In 1918, forced from the pressure from the public, President Wilson switched his stand on women’s voting rights from objection to support through the influence of Catt, who had a less-combative style than Paul. He began to propose an amendment that gives these women right to vote. Finally, in 1920 the congress issued the nineteenth Amendment which also named the Susan B. Anthony Amendment in order to remember the contribution she dedicated. The Amendment has an essential position in American history. It ended almost a century’s protest for women’s rights.

This amendment, ratified on August 18, 1920, guaranteed all American women the right to vote. This amendment, initiated to advance the cause of equal rights for women, was the culmination of the women's suffrage movement in the United States, which fought at both state and national levels to achieve the vote. This constitutional amendment was initiated to enfranchise all American women and declare that they, like men, are deserving of all the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. Women were granted the right to participate in politics, which initially was only given to men. As a direct result of this, women began to enter the political sphere and workplace; they began to pursue their dreams without feeling restricted due to their

The progress that lead to the ratification process of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), in 1972, began over a century earlier. The advocates for women’s rights began their efforts in 1848 at the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York , where a meeting of 300 men and women was held which called for justice for women in a society that limited their privileges. By 1900, women had gained the right to keep their earnings and own property. By 1920, they had gained the right to vote. By 1963, women were paid equally to men for completing the same work. In 1964, the Civil Rights Amendment was passed and outlawed discrimination based on gender, religion, and race. In 1972, Title IX

On June 4, 1919, the 19th Amendment was passed, that guaranteed all American women the right to vote. For about hundred year, women fought for women’s citizenships as a result, women formed different organization such as the Suffragettes in order to get the recognition from the public and the government that women’s citizenship matters. The Suffragettes of the 1920s challenged gender roles and forced Americans to encounter their gender biases. As a result of the suffrage movement that explored ideas of gender discrimination, women encountered a higher education, equality in workplace, and the impact in the power structure of women.

There are currently twenty-seven amendments, but the first ten are the ones most commonly referred to as “the Bill of Rights.” Among the liberties granted to the people by these amendments are the right to free speech, to bear arms, to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures, and suffrage for oppressed groups such as African-Americans and women. Between 1791 and 2016, the social and political climate has changed significantly, as is evident in historical movements to amend the Constitution. During the Civil War and Reconstruction eras, the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments granting rights to African-Americans, specifically an end to slavery, equal treatment for all citizens under the law, and suffrage for black men, respectively, were passed. The women’s vote was finally granted in 1920 with the nineteenth amendment, after hundreds of years of unfair representation. These amendments demonstrate that the ideas of our nation are constantly progressing, and provide a method to adapt the Constitution to reflect those

In 1920, The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. The Equal Right Amendment, often referred as (ERA), was first introduced to Congress in 1923. The amendment should have equal rights, and provokes

Women’s Rights was one of the major social changes that began to gain attention in the media and to peak in active activity during the twentieth century. Women’s rights had been in the making since the eighteenth century. Some of the earliest documented words for Women’s rights appeared in a letter to John Adams by his wife Abigail Adams. During the making of the United States constitution (from the eighteenth to nineteenth century), she wrote to her husband and asked him to “remember the ladies”. The first state to permit women to vote in the United States (before the nineteenth amendment was drafted) was New Jersey. However, there were restrictions upon who was eligible to vote. Some of these restrictions included