Women's Legal and Political Rights Essay

Women have always been fighting for their rights for voting, the right to have an abortion, equal pay as men, being able to joined the armed forces just to name a few. The most notable women’s rights movement was headed in Seneca Falls, New York. The movement came to be known as the Seneca Falls convention and it was lead by women’s rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton during July 19th and 20th in 1848. Stanton created this convention in New York because of a visit from Lucretia Mott from Boston. Mott was a Quaker who was an excellent public speaker, abolitionist and social reformer. She was a proponent of women’s rights. The meeting lasted for only two days and was compiled of six sessions, which included lectures on law, humorous

Perhaps the most important thing that Wollstonecraft believes should be extended to women is education. She deems the main hindrance on women in her day is their lack of education. She strongly thought that if women were to be educated, they would be liberated, and be able to generate the same thoughts and brilliant ideas as men. On the education of women, Wollstonecraft writes:

She was a mother, a moral and political philosopher, a writer, and a feminist. Mary Wollstonecraft was the ideal image of what represented the push towards modern feminism. Some may even consider her as the founding mother of modern feminism itself. Much of Wollstonecraft’s literature is influenced by her own life experiences. In 1785, Wollstonecraft took on an employment opportunity as a governess. While spending most of her time there, she had a moment of epiphany where she realized that she was not suited for domestic work. Soon after, she returned to London and became a translator and wrote for a well-known publisher and discovered her love of writing. Eventually, years later she was then able to publish her most notable work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792). A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is still a very popular book which can be seen as a guide to becoming a better citizen and understanding feminism in a critical context. This essay will argue that Mary Wollstonecraft is still relevant to the feminist cause today as her views portrayed in her book A Vindication of the Rights of Woman are still relatable to many of the feminist issues that currently exist around the world. This essay will do so by comparing how her views in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman can still be used as guiding principles to tackle feminist matters.

No true words were spoke than those by Ms. Susan B. Anthony, “Oh, if I could but live another century and see the fruition of all the work for women! There is so much yet to be done.” Those words are still true today. Even though Ms. Susan B. Anthony, Ms. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and other activists worked hard to get equal rights for women to allow them the right to have a say in how our government is run there are still places in the world where women and even some men aren’t allowed to vote. Some of those places may actually be surprising, others maybe not so much. Even still some of the trials these women went through to end women’s suffrage and the lack of political equality is worth taking a look at even ninety-one

Hillary Clinton introduced a revolutionary bill in 2007 that would have positively transformed the lives of low income women by modifying the social security act to include contraceptive coverage. The S. 1075-Unintended Pregnancy Reduction Act of 2007 was a bill sponsored by Hillary Clinton, intended “to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to expand access to contraceptive services for women and men under the Medicaid program, help low-income women, and couples in preventing unintended pregnancies and reducing abortion”(S.1075 - Unintended Pregnancy Reduction Act of 2007). Unfortunately, despite Clinton 's vigorous attempts, the bill failed to pass and died in committee. Hillary Clinton’s purpose behind this bill was to have Medicaid pay for contraceptives in order to cut down on the amount of abortions among lower income women. Hillary Clinton has publicly established herself as pro-choice, supporting woman’s choice to take control of their bodies. Furthermore Clinton stated she will “defend women’s rights to make their own healthcare decisions” (Lafrance).This bill was much more than just a reproductive rights bill; this bill in a sense unleashed women from the shackles of control, giving them the freedom to have control over their lives.or once they would be in control instead of being controlled.

From the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 to Betty Friedman and her bestselling book, The Feminine Mystique, the women’s suffrage movement advocated for equality between men and women. Throughout the years, there were many women that fought for the rights they have today. Susan B. Anthony along with a colleague formed the National Woman Suffrage Association that served to gain women the right to vote. In 1920, women were granted the right to vote by the 19th amendment of the constitution. At this point, women did not want to be the typical housewife men wanted them to be which created conflict. Women were familiar being domestic; cooking, cleaning and taking care of children. Because of World War 1, women felt more liberated than ever

The women’s suffrage movement began in the mid-nineteenth century. Women began discussing the problems they faced in society and the different ways they wanted to change their lives. The Civil War and World War I also had an enormous effect upon the movement. During both of these wars, women felt a new sense of independence and strength. During this time, the women had to step in

Women's Suffrage At the turn of the twentieth century, the ideal British woman in Great Britain was to maintain a demure manner, a composed façade. A delicate disposition with a distain for all things violent and vulgar. However, by this point in time, an increasing number of women were becoming ever more frustrated with their suppressed position in society. Women eventually went to extreme, militant measures to gain rights, especially to gain women the right to vote. Although this controversy in the short term could perhaps be seen to delay the implementation of women’s suffrage, combined with the rest of their campaigning, the respect they received during World War 1 and the political situation

In 1995 the world saw the Oklahoma City bombings, Michael Jordan joining the NBA again, and the Midwest perishing away from a heat wave. By this time in United States history everyone had their fundamental rights. Women could go to the ballot box and vote privately and men no longer could push women around legally. However, the United States unique in it’s own right did not share the same views as the rest of the world. In China parents severed the spines of their newborn baby because of its sex. In Bosnia, women were raped and impregnated as a form of genetic cleansing. In Middle Eastern countries women could not walk out of their own home without a male. Women’s rights were not human rights. Hillary Clinton, first lady of the United States at the time, spoke at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. Clinton delivered the speech that would stick with her for the rest of her career. She passionately stated, “ If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights once and for all. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely -- and the right to be heard.” Clinton was heard that day and the words she stated would

The United States of America is one of the most powerful developed countries in the world, with a strong economic and political stand in the international stage. Unfortunately, from all of the shine, there are spots of rust. The United States faces internal issues, such as education, foreign relations, and most importantly social policies. Recently, the United States has started to discuss more about how women in the labor market, are receiving a lower amount of payment, compared to men. This not only includes regular jobs, but high paying jobs as well, for example CEO’s. In this paper, I would like to discuss about how the International Labour Organization (ILO) discussed on the issues of women’s rights in the labor force and how they should be treated, and see if this is applicable to the United States based on the recommendation of the ILO.

I chose an article relating to the topic of women 's rights and suffrage because it was a topic from my chapter in the book. I felt doing more research on the topic could make my presentation more informative and as well as having more sources to choose from. I believe that knowing about the fight for women 's suffrage is important because it is the start of feminism and equal rights. Especially in this year, after my first time voting in this election season, I remember in history others could not. Additionally, in this election the candidate who won the popular vote was a women, being so close to making history of having a women in the highest position in our government. America has yet to have a female president, but that representation would be crucial in finalizing what women fought for in the past.

Women's Right to Vote After aeons of being treated as "second-class" citizens, the women of Britain, around the 1860s, decided to campaign for suffrage and gain equal rights and their reasons for campaigning are explained below. Married women were always superseded by their husbands, could not own property and had few other rights. Divorce laws, too, were partial, favouring men more than women and practices like wife-battering and marital rape were still legal. After continuous campaigning, acts like the Married Women's Property Acts of 1870 and 1882, changes in divorce laws during the 1870s and 1880s and the Matrimonial Causes Act of 1884 were passed which slightly improved the situation

Even as far back as the United States independence, women did not possess any civil rights. According to Janda, this view is also known as protectionism, the notion that women mush be sheltered from life's harsh realities. Protectionism carried on throughout the general populations view for many decades until the 1920's when the women's movement started. Women finally received the right to vote in the Nineteenth Amendment. The traditional views of protectionism, however, remained in people's minds until the 1970's (Janda et al, 2000: 538-539).

Mary Wollstonecraft was a revolutionary, a woman who was influential in a time when women were often not paid attention to, and a woman who continues to be influential today. Wollstonecraft is widely believed to be the first feminist, and was an avid writer who wrote many books and pamphlets about equal rights for women. She advocated that women should receive an equal education to men, because they are also capable of critical thought. She fought for the rights of women who had lost their husbands and of women who wanted to pursue careers other than housework. She argued that it was immoral to pretend that women do not have strong sexual desires and she campaigned for women to have a say in government. She was an early supporter of the women’s

In the past 3 decades, women made great advancements in the workforce. First, they have become an integral part of the labour market; they have access to higher education and consequently to traditionally male dominated professions such as medicine, law and business. While statistics show that women are equal to men in terms of their numbers in the law profession, it is not clear however, whether they have achieved equality in all other areas of their employment. In this paper, I will examine women’s experiences in the law profession; whether women are earning equal salary compared to the male lawyers, do they still face barriers that are gender related and whether they have broken the glass ceiling in a profession that is supposed to be