The Women 's Rights Movement

Protests are still an essential part of America’s democracy today. Though times have changed a lot America still has many social issues. Most of these issues have to do with minorities. People are starting to realize how unfairly they are being treated and they want to do something about it. One of the more recent large protests was the women’s march that was held the day before Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony. These women followed in the footsteps of the women in 1913 who were marching for their right to vote, civil rights, and economic equality. The large march widley known as the women’s march that was held January 21, 2017 was not only to bring awareness to issues such as gender inequality but it called for protection for immigrants,

The media has always done its fair share of slandering, from celebrities to normal people it has been around for years. The media has the power to persuade individuals of opinions they never knew they had. I believe this may be the case of the Women's suffrage movement and the opinions that men held from reading the everyday paper pr listening to the radio. Many men had opinions that were based on what they read in the news media and based on how the women were portrayed that were fighting for equal rights may have changed a lot of men’s point of view on the whole situation, considering many women were seen as men's property, and not actual individuals.

The Women’s Rights Movement inspires me to write because it was a very memorable part of history that effected a large portion of the population. I feel very passionate that we have the partial equality now and even though this event happened from1848 to 1920 we are still struggling with some of the same equalities and stereotypes in today’s age. Not many people believe that even in the 21st century there are still women who only believe the women’s job is to cook and clean for the husband all day but they are. Since America has a lot of immigrants many of these women come to America and barley know anything of the culture here. When women can be independent from their husbands they learn that they do not need to remain in a loveless marriage

Women's rights movement also flourished because of women's roles in industry supporting the united states during the war. Women began to move to industrial jobs making tanks, guns and other resources that helped the United States win the war. This in turn helped the women's right movement by increasing those who viewed women as part of society. These jobs had a range of options from coal mining (which was physically exerting) to chemists (a mentally challenging job).  In a glucose factory women would be expected to make the glucose and also go back to that lab, this job was both mental and physical.

The women's rights movement in the United States of America was an important part of history for the social equality of women around the world. Not only did women receive the right to vote, but as time passed education and careers became available. In 1848, through July nineteen to twenty, the Seneca Falls Convention was held which marked the start of the demand for equal rights of women. The convention itself had three hundred who attended, with around forty men who came to call upon how the female community were being wrongly shackled from their rights. As time went by, another convention was held and was officially the first National Women's Rights Convention which took place in Worcester, Mass. This time the event had over a thousand

Maya Angelou, the beloved author, poet, and activist once said, “a wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim” (Angelou). As one of the greatest role models for women, Angelou expressed these words that reflect the actions of Jane Addams and Elizabeth Cady Stanton during the Women’s Rights Movement in the United States. Jane Addams and Elizabeth Cady Stanton lived at the turn of the century where women were discriminated on based on gender and their inexistent role in society. These women refused to be taken for granted and in doing so they fought vehemently for a cause that they believed in. These pioneers of feminism paved the road for reform, changing the very fabric of society with their arguments for women’s suffrage in a way that few men have attempted in American history.

The Women’s Rights Movement began in 1848 with the first assembly of women and men gathering to discuss the civil, social, and other conditions of women. The Seneca Falls Convention was the start of the women’s movement. The two women who organized this event were Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, both who were abolitionists and believed women deserved the rights men were given. This convention began on July 19, 1848 and lasted through July 20, 1848. Although the convention lasted two days, the outcome of this convention sparked the women’s rights movement in various ways. The Seneca Falls Convention was very significant in establishing the women’s rights movement in the sense of creating the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, influencing women bravery in the Civil War due to the expression of equality between men and women, and it led many to believe this convention was the biggest and most important event that has occurred.

The women’s rights movement was about making equal rights for both men and women. Starting in 1848 and ending 1920, allowing women to vote. Even though women are able to vote, we still don't have full equal rights, meaning men are still superior to us women. For example, people see women as weak figures and think we need help from men. Many women  protested in order for us to have equal rights.

Equal rights. A topic that has been craved by women for so many years. The right to be seen as equals to men, the right to not be viewed as weaker or less powerful towards men. The right to have the same opportunities that men are given. The right to equal life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness that men are given. The Women’s Rights Movement officially started in 1848 with the Seneca Falls Convention, but the ongoing battle has still not come to an end. Although the battle is still present in modern society, women’s rights have greatly improved due to determined women filled with the hunger of equal rights. From protests to White House picketing, women have done numerous actions in order to bring attention to the Women’s Rights Movement.

On July 19th, 1848 a convention took place in Seneca Falls, New York at Wesleyan Chapel to discuss the rights of women. Never in the history of the western civilization had a gathering like this ever taken place. Women had to fight for their right to vote, right to work, and their right to freedom. Women as a whole play a huge role in our society. Women are no less than men, so we figure they should be treated equally as men. That is exactly what Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Stanton, and many other women’s rights supporters set out to do, creating the Women’s Rights Movement. (1848-1998) Women in the 1800s through the late 1900s had to fight for their rights.

The courage and mind set of these women hope to expand their sphere of activities further outside the home helped legitimate the suffrage movement and provided new motivation for the NWSA and the AWSA. Towards the 1890 women began to capitalize on their newfound “constituency,” the two groups united to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) and being led by the women from the beginning Stanton and then by Anthony which the NAWSA began to draw on the support of women activists in organizations as diverse as the

Life as we know it would not be the same if it were not for the women’s rights movement. The movement started in the mid-1800s and continued until the 1920s, changing from women’s suffrage to what is known as feminism into the 1960s. The basis of the movement is avocation for women’s rights. Women felt (and still feel) as though they are equal to men, and that they deserve all the rights that men have. Women before the movement had hardly any rights, they could not vote, could not own land or houses, and could not legally have custody of their children. Women were thought of and treated as property, of either their fathers or husbands. Many people felt as though the women’s rights movement would result in men losing their “property”, women taking their jobs and abortion becoming a readily available form of birth control, just to name a few. On the other side of the issue were women who wanted an equal chance at life. They wanted to vote, have jobs, be able to keep their kids in the event of a divorce, be protected against marital rape and abuse. These women wanted to be protected by the law just as men were. The women’s rights movement was a massive movement enacting social, political, and economic change. Key figures in this movement include (in no particular order) Mary Wollstonecraft, John Stuart Mill, Susan B. Anthony, Elisabeth Cady Stanton, Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, Gloria Steinem, Hillary Clinton, Tracy Thurman, and Anita Hill.

The equality women have today did not just happen over night.In this passage there will be evidence of an impowering fight that women over came to say WE ARE IMPORTANT TO!! All the brave strong women that fought this battle, along with the obstacles women still face today.Also the surprising fact that women’s rights also consists of racism and sexual orientation.This movement was necessary, and is truly an accomplishment in history.

"’We, the people of the United States.’ Which ‘We, the people?’ The women were not included.” Lucy Stone was a committed, prominent women 's rights activist in the 19th century. Women at the time had very limited to no rights. Lucy Stone was one of the most influential activist of the Woman’s Rights Movement because she was involved in two associations, stood up for her personal beliefs ignoring others who disagreed, and spent the stretch of her existence helping women get equal rights.

The women’s rights movement in the United States in the early –mid 19th century did not fail to accomplish its goals, as slavery was not an issue women wanted to resolve (address?)