The Equal Rights Of The Sexes Movement

The Women's Rights Movement was a significant crusade for women that began in the late nineteenth century and flourished throughout Europe and the United States for the rest of the twentieth century. Advocates for women's rights initiated this movement as they yearned for equality and equal participation and representation in society. Throughout all of history, the jobs of women ranged from housewives to factory workers, yet oppression by society, particularly men, accompanied them in their everyday lives. Not until the end of the nineteenth century did women begin to voice their frustrations about the inequalities among men and women, and these new proclamations would be the basis for a society with opportunities starting to open for

Generations of women fought courageously for equality for decades. The ratification of the Nineteenth amendment was vindication for so many women across the country. After having spent so many years oppressed and unable to make way for themselves, women everywhere were growing tired of being unable to own property, keep their wages and the independence that an academic education gave them. The decades that ensued brought with them various female activists, men that supported them and a division of its own within the movement. The women’s suffrage movement lasted 71 years and cam with great discourse to the lives of many women who fought for the cause.

Over the history of time women were not allowed to have prominent roles and rights in society. Through history and time women have fought for the right to vote, to work for equal pay, the women’s suffrage, gaining property rights, and much more. The first women’s right movement in the United States of America, which started in the 1830s, arose from the campaign too end slavery. Many things such as evangelical Christianity, the abolitionist critique to slavery, and debates about the place of women in the abolitionist movement played valuable roles in the development of the antebellum women’s right movement. These efforts and large steps that women took to destroy and tear down the walls that limited them from having a voice still resonates today.

With the advancement of suffrage to equal pay, over the last century, women’s rights have progressed immensely. Through historic marches and demonstrations across the United States, women protested for their equal place in politics and social progress. Despite the fear-mongering components used in achieving these rights, women’s rights are still thoroughly debated within society today. Over the last century, incredible and unreachable goals have been fulfilled for women, such as the right to vote and a sense of equal state in the “Free World,” and can only improve in the years to come.

Throughout time women and their rights have varied among where they are living and the people that surround them. Some of the major changes with women’s rights is giving them the right to vote, reproductive rights, and the right to work for equal pay. Another thing that varies throughout time is women’s roles. For example 100 years ago the only jobs that women could have was to either be a housewife, nurse, or a teacher. Until about 1910, women didn’t really fight for their rights and what they could do. In 1910, women started to voice their opinions in society and fought for the right to vote. Though things have changed greatly today, there are still women in the world that believe in the “traditional way” and prefer to still wait on

Abigail Adams’ letter stated, “I long to hear that you have declared an independency. And, by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.” Abigail tells John that women will not stand for the maltreatment in a new republic, she then explains that men should not be given any authority that can be used against women, and society should treat women as equals. John not only disagree with Abigail’s letter, but also wrote back saying, “…we know better than to repeal our Masculine

During the time that John Adams was president Abigail Adams showed a lot of courage by trying to stand up for the rights of women. She wrote the letter “ Remember the Ladies” to her husband while he was away. (Abigail Adams’ Last Act of Defiance) She wrote this to her husband because she wanted women to have some of the same rights as men had. In her letter she was very hopeful that her words would get across to John that women should have some of the same rights as men. With her letters she was able to get single women to be able to own and take care of land. (Abigail Adams’ Last Act of Defiance) She won the highest place in American letters.(History) Abigail showed a lot of courage by send her husband letters because it was not like women to step up and say

As the wife of John Adams, Abigail Adams became politically involved in the government part of the American Revolution. However, only her husband hears her concerns as he begins to establish the roots of the new nation. Three months prior to the official approval of the Declaration of Independence, Abigail Adams expresses the need of inclusion of women’s rights in the new laws in a series of letters to her husband. These letters during the American Revolution show the beliefs of white male supremacy and the prejudices even among loved ones.

Abigail Adams was in an era where women had no voice, and all the power was left in the hands of men and husbands. Women were just wives and mothers, who were only held responsible for motherly and wifely duties. Although women had much more to offer, and Abigail Adams was aware of women’s potential. So, she asked her husband John Adams to “Remember the Ladies” while fighting for Americas independence from Great Britain. She did not want him to give all the power to the men, and leave out the women’s voice and freedom they all desire.

In the earliest days of our country’s government women had no voice. On November 1st 1744, this all changed. Abigail Smith Adams was born in Weymouth, Massachusetts November 1st 1744. She was born to William Smith and Elizabeth Quincy along with one sister and three brothers. Along with being a sister and a daughter, Abigail Adams was also the first lady and a feminist. She was supportive of husband, John Adams, but was not afraid to express her opinion about the law, even if that meant contradicting him. Without Abigail Adams, John Adams would not be a successful ruler of our nation. Abigail Adams was the most influential and most important member of American history because she openly expressed her belief in woman’s rights and has set a model for all

The exchange between Abigail and John Adams, dated March 31st, 1776 and April 14th, 1776, demonstrates the activist personality of Abigail. In her letter, Mrs. Adams urges her husband to “remember the ladies,” deeming her a hero in the minds of many women to this day. Abigail had hopes that in writing this letter, she could persuade her “elitist” husband to use his established power to secure equality for the minorities. Mrs. Adams states that “all men would be tyrants if they

Throughout the history of this country especially beginning in the 1800s with the women's suffrage movement, women have fought for equality. It is no secret that the role of men versus women have change immensely over the last century however some things have not changed. As a result of the unchanging or slowly evolution of equality feminism has arise.

Looking back with a historical lens, it’s evident that the fight for women’s rights has progressed in a step wise process. The nineteenth amendment opened a new door of opportunities for women to take advantage of. In modern times, the continued push for equal rights is evident through the fight for reproductive rights and equal pay. Even with the right to vote, women are still being under represented and out of control when it comes to their reproductive rights and in the workplace. Opposing beliefs regarding feminism have prevented the progression of more gender equality in the United States. What originally started as a plea for a political voice helped to shape the history of the nation. Women’s suffrage paved the way for countless groups and further feminist

For many years, women have been fighting for equal rights as men. The fight started years back, and continues to happen today. Many of the rights woman have now would not have been possible if it was not for the many women who stood up for what they believed in, and did not give up on the movement to make things right. Although, the fight for equal rights is still active, the freedom women have now compared to back in the 19th century is very different.

There seems to be a general consensus that since equality has been achieved in the west, the fight for women’s rights and equality is not necessary anymore. That because European and North-American women can vote, own property and marry at own will, there is nothing more to fight for. However, simply because women in the west are somewhat treated equally to men, that does not mean that it is the standard in the rest of the world. Think about the millions upon millions of women in third world and war prone countries, who live in constant terror, who are sold as child brides to adult men, because having a daughter is too great of a burden. Women who cannot even leave their own homes without a man by their side, women who cannot walk home alone at night, or walk alone at all because the risk of rape is to large, women who are kidnapped, trafficked and forced into prostitution. Are they equal? We cannot simply renounce the fight for gender equality as unnecessary because we supposedly do not need it in the west anymore, when women across the globe are constantly abused, violated, disrespected, harassed and treated as second-class citizens on a daily basis. Yes, we have come a long way over the past 100 years, in the west, however we have an even longer way to go before we reach the finish line. Gender inequality is still a problem even if it does not happen as much in western countries, and to think that the fight for equal rights for women is over because North American and