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Susan B Anthony Research Paper

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“There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers.”(Susan B. Anthony). Throughout the world, women of all countries were limited in all rights. Except for what society demanded from women. Every woman was expected to follow the path of the women that came before her, get married, start a family, and devote their lives to their children and husband. Women were practically owned by their husbands and their husbands took control over their wives property, leaving them with no control or rights of anything. The women’s right movement sought to change what was expected of every woman. Instead, leading women to accomplish what they truly desire, instead of what society had constructed for women to accomplish. Women and even men have been trying to declare women’s rights and …show more content…

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The suffrage movement helped women stand up for them selves, to help make a difference if not for their generation, then for the future generations to come. Women believed the only way to change these unjust laws for voting would be to completely change this biased and unjust system. The convention was held to grab people’s attention about the unfair treatment of women and over three hundred individuals attended the convention; Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized it. Susan B. Anthony went on to create the American Equal Rights Association, where they both joined to fight for worldwide suffrage for both sexes and races. Susan B. Anthony was the main representative for the women’s suffrage movement. Together, Elizabeth Stanton and Susan B. Anthony funded the National Women Suffrage Association, with the help of Lucy Stone. With the creation of the National Women Suffrage Association (NWSA), Elizabeth and Susan would create a movement for a constitutional amendment for widespread suffrage in the United States. The Women’s Rights Movement split into two parties over a essential dispute. New york based

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