Theme Of Women's Rights For Women

The feminist activist, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in her essay “Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions, Seneca Falls Convention, 1848” outlines the inequality that existed between women and men and establishes clear ways to correct the issue. She employs a straightforward tone to convey her facts in a way that will not present anyone a way to contradict her

Oppression has been a tactic used for thousands of years in order to conquer, enslave, and control those who are different from the social norm. But one group that has been and continues to be oppressed is women. Women make up half of the population and yet men were able to manipulate their lives and create a society that prevented them from being treated fairly and equally, a problem many still face today. The male dominated society that has been present for centuries can be seen entirely throughout the nineteenth century. The unhealthy dynamic between men and women can be seen in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, and Margaret Fullers Woman in the Nineteenth Century. Not only did the oppression of women present itself in literature of the time period, but it also emerged through clothing, seen in both stories and in real life. The mistreatment and misconceptions men had and continue to have about women can be shown within the literature, clothing styles, and dynamic between men and women of the nineteenth century.

Women’s rights in America in late 1800’s women’s right to vote women in medicine and the equal rights for women are the 3 main points that were big in the 1800’s.

Over the course of many years, women have struggled to expand their roles and rights in society, hoping to one day achieve complete equality with their male counterparts. Two women, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Judy (Syfers) Brady, both recognized the patriarchal society in which women had to endure. They despised the way it heaped inequality and servitude upon women, and decided to assert their opinion on the issue in order to change the perceptions and imposed limitations on women. In Stanton’s speech, “Declaration of Sentiments”, and in Brady’s article, “I Want a Wife”, both women attempt to convince their audiences that females deserve complete equality with men by stating the submissive situations and obligations women find themselves immersed in. This is done to get their female audiences to reevaluate how they have been treated and give them a second chance at attaining equality. Both women employ various rhetorical techniques in their arguments to strengthen, as well as compel other women to oppose the ‘domesticated’ image of women. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Judy (Syfers) Brady expressed their views in pursuance of forging a path to a revamped lifestyle for women.

Women have played a defining role in contributing to shaping Canada, as well as the classic Charter of Rights and Freedoms, mainly to promote gender equality which has become the core values in Canada today. Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a bill of rights fixed in the Constitution of Canada, and is the first part of the Constitution Act. Women’s rights and freedoms are protected under Section 15 (1985) which guarantees equality rights and Section 28 (1985) which guarantees that all the rights enclosed in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms apply to both genders; male or female equally. (Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 1982). Sexism has been around for a long time despite these strong regulations, and that too mainly

The speech “Women’s Right to Suffrage” by Susan B. Anthony, is the most compelling and persuasive because she explains to the United States that, “Women are people, people are citizens and should be treated equally”. In 1789 the Constitution was created and it ensured equality for all. Women and African American slaves were still not being treated equally in 1873 almost 85 years after the Constitution was put into action. Within the speech many rhetorical devices were included to create a sense of passion, authority and credibility into her powerful speech.

Many women have experienced discrimination due to their gender. Society views women as inferior beings that cannot achieve greatness. Furthermore, women have acquired a set of rules and expectations to meet within their role in society. In the 1850 romance novel, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne depicts the beauty and strength of women. Despite society’s strict views of gender roles, women can convert society’s oppression into freedom due to the qualities they possess, which surpass society’s assumed capabilities of them.

Nineteenth century America was the century of the middle class. The middle class’ main concern was the development of power and prestige. At the time, a woman’s main role was to obediently represent the power and prestige. Often, this was reflected through their dress and fashion. The development of the etiquette book provided a mean for codifying class-based proper behavior and fashion. Etiquette books provided readers with a guide to help increase their social status, and help solidify class differences. Middle class women often seized upon fashion as means to segregate themselves from the lower classes.

All through 1998, the 150th commemoration of the Women 's Rights Movement is being commended the country over with projects and occasions taking each structure possible. In the same way as other astounding stories, the historical backdrop of the Women 's Rights Movement started with a little gathering of individuals addressing why human lives were by and large unreasonably contracted. The Women 's Rights Movement checks July 13, 1848 as it 's starting. On that sweltering summer day in upstate New York, a youthful housewife and mother, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was welcome to tea with four women companions. At the point when the course of their discussion swung to the circumstance of ladies, Stanton poured out her discontent with the restrictions set all alone circumstance under America 's new vote based system. Definitely the new republic would profit by having its ladies assume more dynamic parts all through society. Stanton 's companions concurred with her,

Gender inequality is a problem that has been plaguing the world for a very long time. The United States has made great strides to promote gender equality. Despite all of those strides America has made, there are still reminders of the gender inequalities people have experienced in American Literature. The good thing about this is that the slow progression of change in the women’s rights sector can be seen by comparing various pieces of literature dealing with the issue of gender inequality to the time of its creation. The best way to observe this progression is by comparing two different pieces of literature from different time periods, and take note of differences, as well as the events that could be viewed as responsible for those changes. Two literary piece that

Having printed copies of their opinions enables them to reach a larger audience and gaining more followers and opening up new possibilities with increase in numbers and people becoming increasingly open-minded. Having pamphlets in defense of women challenge stereotypes and gender expectations about women’s mind, body, soul, roles, and political power, women now have the ability to spread the word about the need for change. The need for change among women was due largely in part to the women not having any rights to even themselves, let alone their children, homes, or their husband’s income. These pamphlets are addressed to average women and men from general society of the time, though much of them are still relevant

Women today continue to change the stereotypical expectations created from society. Although there is still in unbalanced weight of equality between men and women, they are slightly improved compared to history. In the 19th century women had limited access towards an education, property rights, and many more. Clarina Howard Nichols approaches this inequality through a speech in the Second National Woman’s Rights Convention, in 1851. Within her outspoken speech, she implements etho appeals by referring herself to “a daughter”, and “a mother” throughout the speech to relate to all stereotypes, metaphors to emphasize the limited freedom, logo appeals to highlight the wrong in the controlling laws, rhetorical questions to spur intended thoughts,

I wished to write a very American tale, a tale very characteristic of our social condition, and I asked myself what was the most salient and peculiar point in our social life. The answer was: the situation of woman, the decline of the sentiment of sex, the agitation on their behalf (James, Notebooks 47).

Despite the little success in women empowerment, women went through a tough crisis from 1848 to 1920. Still to this generation American women question the impact of the struggle, Day in and day out planning and mapping out a way for women to express their feelings and to voice their opinion. While men were put on a higher pedestal than women, not believing that women have the same opportunities as men. Being giving all rights to them by hand and limiting the rights for women at the blink of an eye . All human beings are the same and we all put our pants on one leg at a time. The Literature reflects the society of not just voting rights , but also Women’s Rights.

The goals of gender studies and feminism in the 21 century were to make it known that girls are a part of the world too. Women since the early 1900’s face gender inequalities; whether it’s in the work place, or in societal aspect. The goal of gender studies is to acknowledge how women were treated in early history of American civilization and how it correlates in today society. However being that that was the main point that feminist groups and gender studies wanted to get across, it wasn’t the only