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The National Women Suffrage Association and the American Women Suffrage Association merge to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). As the movement 's mainstream organization, NAWSA wages state-by-state campaigns to obtain voting rights for women.

It was organized by the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) and led by

As a result, she formed the National Women’s Party. The party was successful despite it’s unpopularity for antagonism in regards to NAWSA, but proved to be a more than adequate reinforcement for the association. Where NAWSA left off, the NWP continued its line of motion, like inertia that despite the friction, carries something onward until the end. Perseverance was the asset that created the effect behind her revolts.

Women have been a vital key to the shaping and progression of our society. Throughout time, women’s roles and opportunities in the family, workplace, and society have greatly evolved. They started from being housewives that don’t have many rights, even in the household, to being valued citizens in our

After the French Revolution, the feminist movements have raised against domination of men and patriarchal society in Europe. There is no equality for women in the common world. Many Canadian women come out of their homes to work as an effect of First and Second World War. During the Second Wave Feminist Movement in 1970s, feminist writing in Canada starts to emerge and plays an active role in attacking the patriarchal society. Women have started raising their voice against domestic violence and for their rights. Canadian women also have fought for peace in the country and environmental issues. Aparna Basu states

It has been a long and hard journey in Canada to attain gender equality between men and women. Today, most people are unaware of the discrimination in workplaces, schools, and everyday life. Due to the Famous Five who lead the Persons Case that stated women as official persons, and many heroic individuals who lead the Women’s Suffrage Movement, women now have more opportunities than ever before. The Canadian Labour Movement has helped improve many citizens’ careers including those of women, protecting them from discrimination, violence, and harassment at work. Saskatchewan feminism has followed a similar path to Canada concerning women’s rights, most often categorized into three influential periods of time. The gender pay gap is the difference of money that men and women make, that is a crucial example of gender inequality. Gender stereotypes have limited the ability of men and women, judging them with false ideas through the media. All of these have played a major part of women’s rights and gender equality today.

During the second half of Shaw presidency the organization included many professional married women such as Susan Walker Fitzgerald, Bryn Mawr and Katherine Dexter McCormick (Franzen, 2008). The relationship among the women of the organization was strong and there were no core of officers during the presidency of Anna Howard Shaw. The success of the organization during Shaw presidency was perhaps because of her social position; she had high tolerance for discord. During Shaw presidency the organization had more connections to other progressive era organizations and associations than any other period in the existence of its existence. Shaw had strong connections to the Frances Willard and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) (Franzen, 2008). WCTU was the largest women’s organization in the United States during the 1900’s. Many joined the wealthy benefactors of NAWSA such as the leaders of the settlement houses, prison reform, and women socialites. During Shaw presidency a diverse range of women and men attended NAWSA conventions. In these conventions Shaw personally spoke about the issues beyond suffrage, such as opposition to American imperialism and the different needs of working women. NAWSA expanded by making many other groups become NAWSA family such as the College Equal Suffrage League and the National Men’s League (Franzen, 2008). NAWSA needed the collision of these groups to expand its base. NAWSA needed the financial support of the wealthy women and

During this time NAWSA became increasingly divided. Having long held to the belief that suffrage would come quickest- if not only- via stat-by-state reform. However the controversial, radical work by Alice Paul and the National Women’s Party caused no small divide with in NAWSA as to the question if the NWP’s methods were better or more of a hindrance to the cause. In 1915, after advocating for women’s suffrage abroad as president of the International Women’s Suffrage Association, Carrie Chapman Catt returned to the states to resume her presidency over NAWSA. Catt’s leadership focused on diplomacy and lady-like respectability so as to convince people of the legitimacy of their cause and to separate themselves from the more militant and controversial suffragists of England. She redirected NAWSA back to solely

African American women were increasingly outspoken about civil rights and racial violence during the twentieth century and are active when it comes to women suffrage. Black women activist during and after World War 1 encouraged black women to engage in international issues such as colonialism and the peace movement. The organization such as the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) and other organization helped with racial uplifting by providing social service for the black communities. They tried to improve the social condition in the city and neighborhood which they resided. They helped improve the condition of children by establishing a better school for education, playgrounds for kids to play, clubs for physical and social improvement, and they had trained nurses

The NACW was formed during the time, many women were trying to gain voice when it came to being African American. They were known to take care of the home while the men were out in the fields or trying to find their identity in the United States. The group believed that with

The NACW focused on Anti-lynching, anti-segregation laws, and worked to improve local communities. Women such as Wells-Barnett, Terrell, Addams helped to found and worked with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored

National Women’s Party was one of the popular organizations that focused more on dramatic tactics like hunger strikes, picketing the White house and other

In many ways, feminists feel that traditional ethics have failed in the world of women’s equality; however, feminist ethicists as a whole share the same target, as cited by Tong, R. & Williams, N. (2009), “the creation of a gendered ethics that aims to eliminate or at least ameliorate the oppression of any group of people, but most particularly women.” Many organizations have been created whose mission is to protect the rights of women such as women’s coalition in various states, Equality4Women, National Organization for Women (N.O.W.), and the Ford Foundation to name a few. These organizations collaborate to restructure culture so women can triumph in other humanitarian areas like economic, political, and social equality. What is known as the “glass ceiling” is considered a possible contributor to the wage gap and inequality in the workplace. “Similarly, the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 prohibit discriminatory practices in the workplace that have traditionally impeded women's ability to achieve occupational parity with their male coworkers” (Housh, 2011, p.118). More often than not, even a woman’s health, both mentally and physically, comes into question. “This can be explained by women’s and men’s different positions in the gender order, meaning that in gender unequal situations at work it is often women that are disadvantaged whereas men have

During World War II and shortly after, millions of American women experienced new freedom as they lived and worked in the public sphere due to the federal government’s campaign to recruit them to produce goods for the war effort. This new rhetoric directly differed from traditional ideology of republican motherhood and paternalism in which the man is the head of the household, works in the public sphere, and women live in the private sphere instilling virtue into the children while maintaining the household. With the United States’ immediate entrance into the Cold War following World War II, came a dramatic right shift in American politics and rhetoric. This included a return to republic motherhood in which political discussions and the media, through shows like “Father Knows Best”, encouraged women to express their patriotism by staying at home and raising families. Naturally, this right shift led to the continuance of discrimination based on gender. The National Organization of Women (NOW), an organization of the New Left, challenged such discrimination. The organization’s 1966 Statement of Purpose states, “The time has come for a new movement toward true equality for all women in America, and toward a fully equal partnership of the sexes, as part of the world-wide revolution of human rights now taking place within and beyond our national borders… The time has come to

In addition to the gap in political involvement there are numerous evident inequalities for Canadian women that stress the need to continue the feminist movement. The Canadian human rights