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    The struggle for women’s suffrage started in the early 1800’s. Elizabeth Cody Stanton and Susan B Anthony decided to renew their fight in the 1860’s. Later in 1890 they decided to create an organization called NAWSA ,which stands for National Woman's Suffrage Association, that helped achieve women’s rights. Within these arguments they all align with the idea that women should only be involved in House work and family care. While others state that the color women can not be involved within establishing

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    Flannery, Kent V., Andrew K. Balkansky, Gary M. Feinman, David C. Grove, J. Marcus, Elsa M. Redmond, Robert G. Reynolds, Robert J. Sharer, Charles S. Spencer, and Jason Yaeger 2005 Implications of New Petrographic Analysis for the Olmec "Mother Culture" Model. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102(32):11219-11223. In this text, the authors challenge Blomster et al.’s (2005) research, which infers that San Lorenzo was more complex than its neighbouring regions. Along with other

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    dispute about the women’s rights and slavery. This event took place between the two national anti slavery societies in 1840 in London. To describe one of the many reasons why the group split apart. “The showdown came in 1840 at the national convention of the American Anti-slavery society, when delegates debated whether women could hold office in the organization. Some of Garrison's opponents favored women’s rights but opposed linking the question to the slavery issue, insisting that it would

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    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

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    Have you ever heard about “Women in Progressive Era”? Do you know about it? Well, The progressive era was from the 1840s to the 1920s. About women in the progressive era, it wasn’t that nice. As the days continued, middle-class women wanted a reform/change. The women’s organization had many events that had happened. The were also legislations. That includes the 16th Amendment, 17th Amendment, 18th Amendment, and the 19th Amendment. To begin, the progressive era was from the 1890s to the 1920s

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    Supporting the Right to Vote Beginning in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York was the first right for women's right. Only the start of the 50-year battle to get equality. Roughly 300 people attended mostly woman, Frederick Douglass was only of the few men there. The two organizers Elizab0eth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott were mocked by press after the meeting for equality, that made them fight harder. In the beginning of the twentieth century, woman had no place in politics and were often discriminated

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    the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848, many men and women gathered to discuss women’s rights, or lack thereof. The abolition of slavery had not yet occurred in the United States, but some women saw more important matters at hand: their position in society. Five women headed the organization of this convention, held in Seneca Falls, New York, over two July days. This group included a woman by the name of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who delivered multiple presentations during the convention, including one

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    The Woman’s Suffrage Movement The women’s suffrage movement all started with the Seneca Falls Convention. During the time period of 1848-1920s women were trying to gain their rights. Women weren’t treated equal to men. All the men were “created equal” while women were overlooked. People viewed women as citizens but only under certain aspects (they were not allowed to vote). They were denied of certain rights. They were even looked at as inferior. The woman’s suffrage movement was not only displayed

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    Before 1918, women were considered to be very much within their own sphere of influence separate from men. Throughout the 19th century women had slowly been gaining voting privileges, but only in areas considered to be within their spheres such as the vote for school boards, the vote for poor law boards and the vote for county councils. Traditionally many historians have argued that the main reason for the enfranchisement of women in 1918 was their work during world war one. This view is being disputed

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    aría Dolores Miramontes Matos (Bergondo, 1885-Buenos Aires, 1964) was born in a family of labourers. At 11, she became an apprentice at a local seamstress' shop: fabrics, needles, strings and good work would, from then on, mark a life of entrepreneurship and economic support for so many Galizan projects. María nurtured her cultural and political interests, her search for womens' rights and liberties, in republican, galizanist Coruña, and became affiliated to the Irmandades da Fala along with other

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