Women 's Rights Rebellion : Should Women Have All The Rights That Men Do?

Susan B. Anthony, a women’s rights supporter, knew exactly what she believed in. She stood firm for herself and her beliefs. She felt the need to represent other women in fighting for their rights. She fought for women by campaigning for women’s rights all around the nation. When male members of the movement refused to let her speak at rallies, simply because she was a woman, she realized that women had to win the right to speak in public and to vote

First and foremost, the fight for women’s rights is something that has occurred throughout time not only in the United States, but in every part of the world. When it comes to the United States, one cannot deny that it was an important historical event. “The struggle for women’s suffrage in the United States had occupied better part of a century” (Source 1). Truly a struggle, for it was not acknowledged by men in the past, primarily white man who had full rights in the nation. Susan B. Anthony was an important leading figure of the Suffrage Movement and contributed to the Suffrage Movement.

Women eventually became repulsive against the standards of which they were being held to, yet they had to remain quiet. Several organizations were created regarding women’s suffrage. Many of the organizations had committed members who devoted all of their free time to the organization. Susan Brownell Anthony was one of those committed members. Anthony was born on February 15, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts. She became interested in Women suffrage at a young age. She practically devoted her life to the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Anthony’s father worked as a farmer. Eventually he became wealthy by starting a cotton mill. Despite their, wealth they lived a simple life. Keeping up with their Quaker faith. Quakers believed in equality between the sexes. Anthony was raised in an environment filled with outspoken women resulting in her outspoken personality. In 1849, Anthony quit her job and rejoined her parents, who moved to Rochester Newyork, where Anthony became intrigued with the fight for women 's suffrage. Anthony 's participation in several organizations and outspoken nature made her a target for criticism. The editors of the newspaper attempted to perceive her to the public as a “bitter spinster” who only had interest in Women Suffrage because she could not find a husband, when in fact Anthony had received numerous proposals all of which she had refused. She felt that if she were to get married she would

“It took 400 years after the declaration of independence was signed and 50 years after black men were given voting rights before women were treated as full American citizens and able to vote.” A women named Susan B. Anthony was one of those women struggling to be the same as mankind. Susan B. Anthony worked helped form women’s way to the 19th amendment. Anthony was denied an opportunity to speak at a convention because she was a woman. She then realized that no one would take females seriously unless they had the right to vote. Soon after that she became the founder of the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1869. In 1872, she voted in the presidential election illegally and then arrested with a hundred dollar fine she never paid.” I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.”(Anthony) When Susan B. Anthony died on March 13, 1906, women still didn’t have the right to vote. 14 years after her death, the 19th amendment was passed. In honor of Anthony her portrait was put on one dollar coins in

Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucy Stone created one of the first organizations in New York, 1848. (Lewis B.R. Women at War: the women of World War 2; at home, at work, on the Front Line) The goal of this movement was to bring attention to the public about restrictions against women and to address the issues regarding equality between men and women. However, the main goal was to earn themselves the right to vote. These women promoted their ideas and concerns by speaking in girl schools and in public as well as participating in the hostings of parades around the White House. All of the women’s information was beginning to influence others, therefore, they received support from people outside of the movement. Finally, after all of the fighting women did to gain liberation, the government passed the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 which granted women a right to vote. (https://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/progressiveera/home.html) Thus, after all the protesting, marches, parades and organizations, women’s voices were finally heard and they now felt more equal to men because their long term goal was achieved.

Should women be treated equal to any other person under the law? Should the United States of America abolish all legal differences of men and women? This is a very controversial topic and the discussion of this goes all the way back to the early feminist movement of the ninteenhundreds. Equality for women could be accomplished if the equal rights amendment is ratified by the states. The Equal Rights Amendment states, “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” The campaign to pass the ERA has long been a war of feminist versus feminist. One faction focused on the similarities of the sexes and women’s humanity to demand equality and the other feminists focused

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony – campaigned for women’s right to vote, property rights, and legal rights

Anthony was an activist for women’s suffrage and equal rights for all throughout the mid 1800s and early 1900s. Early in her life, Anthony worked as an agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society, for which she regularly held meetings and distributed information to influence others in supporting the abolishment of slavery. Following the addition of the 13th amendment to the United States Constitution, Anthony published a newspaper, The Revolution, promoting an eight-hour work day and equal pay for women. Lastly, up until the Nineteenth Amendment was made to the U.S. constitution, Susan. B. Anthony campaigned for women’s rights, specifically the right to vote and therefore equally contribute to American government. In protesting for topics such as women’s suffrage, race equality, and equal pay for equal work, Anthony effectively stood up for what she and those who followed her believed

Susan B. Anthony inspired to fight for women’s right while camping against alcohol..along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton also an activist, Anthony and Stanton founded the NWSA . Which helped the two women to go around and produced The Revolution, a weekly publication that lobbied for women’s rights.She also went on saying that if women ever wanted to get reaction men had…only thing stopping them,..having voting rights. An american social reformer and women’s right activist who played a pivotal role in the women’s suffrage movement, also a teacher who aggregate and compare about nature. She gave the “Women’s Rights to the Suffrage” giving outside the jail she was going to be held in, she gave this speech in person in 1873 and her audience were mostly white women that want virtues like men. Also men that wanted to put women in their place and friends of her and fellow citizens. Her main points are that women needed power that men had. Growing up in a quaker household she knew that women needed honor as men just like slaves experience getting their freedom. In Women’s right to suffrage Susan B. Anthony uses tone, reparation,and logos which dematices why women should have equal morality and voting abilities as men.

Susan B Anthony, a real dedicator to gaining women's rights, was introduced to abolitionism by Amelia Bloomer. (Weatherford 161) Her friendship ended up with a meeting with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, her lifelong partner in fighting for women's rights. Susan B Anthony did travelling and spoke widely, and became more focused on women's suffrage. She also helped to found the American Equal Rights Association and the National Woman Suffrage Association. with Lucy Stone. In 1872, in an attempt to claim that the constitution already permitted women to vote, Susan B. Anthony cast a test vote in Rochester, New York, in the presidential election. She was found guilty,

Throughout their lives Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton worked tirelessly to bring about various social and political changes. From abolition, and temperance, to the varying long denied rights of women throughout the country; from divorce rights, guardianship of children, equal pay and control of earnings, property rights, education, to the vote. Together they created the National Women’s Suffrage Association, the Women’s State Temperance Society, the Women’s National Loyal League, wrote and published their own newspaper titled The Revolution, lectured across the country and lobbied for equal rights, with a focus on women’s rights.

The American Revolution played a significant role in lives of nearly every person in America. Most men left their wives, mothers, sisters and daughters in charge of farms and businesses when they left to fight in the Patriot armies. There were many men, who had no farms or businesses, left their women with absolutely nothing to fall back on. This led to a significant increase in the population of impoverished women in several cities and towns. Due to the ongoing war, there were many price increases that these women simply could not afford. Some would riot and loot for food, while others would lead popular protests. “In New Jersey and Staten Island, women launched

Every time an election occurs, each time a woman speaks publicly, and every time equal rights are invoked, Alice Paul’s name ought to be used or at least known. This inordinate value and severe impact on both today and our past makes it evident that without Alice Paul’s extensive work on the women’s rights front, the 19th amendment would not exist today. Her leadership of each the National Women’s Party, the white house picketing, and the hunger strikes

Imagine a woman whose ex boyfriend has forced her to drink acid because he has found out she is in an arranged marriage to marry another man. These are problems that women in India are always trying to avoid on a daily basis. For decades women in India have fought to have rights that protect them from the social injustice that overruns the country, slowly women have gotten more rights and laws to protect them but, there is still more to be done. It is not often that these issues are mentioned by those living in countries such as America because in other countries we often do not understand the complexities of these problems. In India, for years women have not had the rights they deserve, from inequality of basic rights, rights in the workforce, or more major rights such as protection against rape and sexual harassment.

Gender discrimination is an issue that has happened in the past and present day. In 1842, numerous women started movements to fight for their rights. Women like Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucy Stone. These women fought for family responsibilities, lack of educational and economic opportunities, and the absence of voice in political debates. In 1869, Stanton and Anthony created the National American Women Suffrage Association. The purpose of this organization was to change the 15th Amendment because it excludes the rights of women. In the same year, Lucy Stone formed an association known as the American Woman Suffrage Association. Throughout the two decades, the movement continued to fight with the congress. In 1913, Alice Paul, a young activist, assembled rallies and marches to support and raise public awareness. Finally, on August 26, 1920, Congress