The Woman's March on January 21, 2017, was a historic event that brought men and women together for one cause, for a purpose. The world wide protest focused on the issues of women's rights, immigration reforms, health care reform, worker's rights, among other issues. The peaceful protest was aimed to the laws and policies President Donald J. Trump proposed during his campaign and at the time of his Inauguration. The Woman's March showed that people can live without hate and can come together to fight for the same goal despite their differences in ethnicity, religion, and gender. Peaceful resistance to laws is a positive way to unite people and have their voice heard over many common social issues. On January 27,2017, President Trump issued
When Donald Trump became president in 2017 there were women marched in Atlanta, then she finally had the courage and support to run. Stephe Koontz is now a member of the city council, she has been inspiring people to follow her example. The women's march group wants to promote different and more protective policies and rights for people’s diversity, immigrants, and the LGBTQ community. Multiple communities will hold marches summarizing last year's decisions. Or others will make events to help people to become registered voters, or train people to become one. Otherwise, I don't believe this march will end
Despite having changed the views on women in war and women in medicine, Dr. Walker has received little recognition for her role in the Women’s Rights Movement. In honor of Dr. Mary Walker’s service to both women and our country, I propose a monument to be erected in remembrance of this female physician and women’s rights enthusiast. Dr. Mary Walker paved the way for female physicians as the second female to graduate from Medical School in the United States and she challenged the societal norms that confined women to certain jobs and to certain clothing. Dr. Mary Walker remained true to her values and is worthy of remembrance for her service and her legacy. I propose a statue to be created in remembrance of this female figure to
On Saturday, January 21, 2017 history was made in the United States for having the biggest inaugural protest ever. There were an abundance of Women’s March all over the country but the one on Washington being the main one. However, with any big move of progress there is always two different opinions, one agreeing and the other one disagreeing; so one could look at this as a glass half full or empty situation, except that it is not. In addition, intellectual people know that the Women’s March was nowhere near being an act of civil disobedience but instead, a peaceful protest.
On January 21, 2017, more than 2 million people protested in the Women’s March when president Donald J. Trump was elected (Przybyla and Schouten). Many marching for the same equals that they had been fighting for more than 100 years ago.
With over five million women, men and children united in all seven continents, the Women’s March was by far the largest and most peaceful protest in history. Washington, Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Sydney and Paris are only a few out of the many cities world-wide that all groups of ages, genders, races and religions merged together on January 21st, 2017 to send a clear message to the brand-new government of the United States. Accumulating no arrest, the protesters conveyed that all rights are women’s rights, making the demonstration a successful act of civil disobedience. Although the Women’s March has yet to force the Congress to reform civil policy, the protest, along with all peaceful resistances, continue to positively impact free societies.
Women’s rights have not always been the way they are now. They have changed majorly throughout time. During the 1900s and 1920s, women were not able to vote, have the same education, or be employed at the same rate men were. Many women throughout history have come together to participate in rallies, marches, and protests with the purpose of being able to gain the same rights as men.
Back in the mid 1800’s the first women’s convention was initiated by Elizabeth Stanton, along with others who founded the Women’s Suffrage Movement. After attending an World Anti-Slavery Society meeting, where the women were required to sit is a separate area away from the men, the women decided that they were little better than slaves and decided to do something about it. (Pearson, 2017)
Women used many different methods to earn the right to vote in the women’s Suffrage Movement. One of the methods is a parade, The parade took place in Washington D.C. on the day that president Woodrow Wilson was going to be sworn in for his second presidency. Large crowds that consisted of many men drinking then throwing the bottles at the women who were marching and riding floats in the parade. Also they were yelling at the women, and this lead to the crowds violently attacking the girls and the police did nothing. At the end of all the fighting there were 100 people hospitalized. But thankfully the newspaper supported the women.
The article states that “more than 1 million people gathered in Washington and in cities around the country… to the inauguration of President Trump (Stein, Hendrix, and Hauslohner 1). These people marched in order to protest the treatment of women, minorities, and immigrants by Trump. They held signs and made their voices heard by people all over the world. This march can be compared to the march of Dr. King and his comrades to seek justice for the unfair treatment of people of color.
The historic march on Washington was a call of humanity to the world. It was a turning point in the American history after the abolishing of slavery. African American women struggled for justice and equality to be given to all mankind but, unfortunately, women were forgotten. They were stripped of all their rights, when men got all the benefit. African American men, who supposed to be their nature supporters and protectors, also turned their back at them. Women found themselves all alone facing the society constraints that were hemmed upon them. Despite the significant contribution women made toward the struggle for equal right, they had no representation in most of the March activities and their issues were not addressed. They were concerned that they would not get their fair share benefits from the struggle.
However, one of the most popular forms to share and demonstrate our opinions as citizens are marches and protests. Parades and marches were indeed a from the Progressives used to publicize and convince many about their efforts. Despite that, many of these parades, especially in Washington D.C. on March 3, 1913 faced violent responses that included in the assault of many women. This was not always the case. For example, a nonviolent mass direction action is the March on Washington on August of 1963. This march was part of the Civil Rights act movement. This march led from Washington monumental to the Lincoln Memorial and consisted of songs, chants and speeches of civil right leaders that fought for jobs and freedom. Some of the most notable speeches that came out of this march was Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream speech”, which is known to promote racial justice and equality. The previous examples, demonstrated marches and protests for social reforms, but not all marches are related social reforms. Some marches like the Anti- War march in 2003 that voices the opposition of the invasion of Iraq. More than 10 million people in over 600 cities joined these efforts to voice their discontent with the Bush Administration, but many felt and still feel ignored by the administration. In this case, no agreement or compromise could be reached. In our current society, the rise of racial unrest led to various marches such as the Anti- Trump and May Day marches. Marches and protests are a very popular way Americans and citizens from all over the country still use to voice their opinions. They are planned with the goal to lead to social reform or social change. However not all marches end up being nonviolent such as the March on Washington. In fact, many end up violently leading to the involvement of the police. Marches have always existed and will
Imagine a tyranny that lasted for an eternity. This would be herculean for anyone to withstand. The tyranny in the book Animal Farm did not. However, there could've been another leader on Animal Farm, Snowball, but could Snowball’s leadership have succeeded?
More than 600 of these marches took place all over the world, the largest being at the nation’s capitol in Washington D.C.. Those who participated did so for a multitude of reasons. Marching for not just equal rights for women, but for equal rights for the LGTBQIA+ community, for Black Lives Matter, for raising awareness about climate change, and much, much more. The hashtag Why I March has garnered up millions of Instagram posts, Tweets, Facebook updates, and articles, all from men and women standing up for their beliefs. The coordinators of the Women’s March on Washington put together a document outlining their guidelines and principles, and illustrate modern day feminism very well. They go over the basic principles that human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights. It also demonstrates intersectionalism, calling for an end to police brutality, reformations for the criminal justice system, an end to human trafficking, rights for immigrants and refugees, among many others. Just as the first women’s convention in American history drew up a doctrine, the guiding vision and definition of principles of the Women’s March is eerily similar to the Declaration of Sentiments and Grievances written 169 years
Despite all progress that the world has made, inequality is still inherent between men and women. This inequality starts at a young age when parents send their children to school. In some countries, boys and girls alike go off to school; however, in other countries, girls stay behind and are unable to attend due to other obligations or societal norms. Many benefits come from educating girls which include having healthier children, earning more money that they invest back into their families and communities, and playing a more active role in their communities and countries.17 Educating girls will help communities and future generations since those girls will become women and have families of their own. Despite the movement for the right to women
Amanda Wingfield, from The Glass Menagerie, and Hamlet, from the play The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, are two characters who, through their noble intentions, unintentionally become the instrument of suffering for the people around them. Their surrounding characters go through pain and leave them because of the tragic flaw which each of theses characters exhibit within themselves. The mother from The Glass Menagerie, Amanda Wingfield, is a woman who is stuck in the past, but is dealing with her current life. In her attempts to regain her upper-class life through her children, she maps out their lives and keep them on a leash. After being abandoned by her