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Historical Leader Report Emily Murphy was an accomplished and honorable leader who passionately swept the nation from the Great Depression and into the new era of women empowerment. She vigorously fought for basic rights women were deprived of- voting, a fair share of property etc. She was born on March 14, 1868 in Cookstown, Ontario into a family with a wealthy businessman and landowner for her father. Due to her private schooling education she was raised with a profuse thinking. In 1887, she married

Research Notes FQ • In 1827, the first female worker’s riot took place. Workers at the Parramatta Female Factory challenged the factory conditions and food deprivation. D2, B1, D4 • 1884 saw the establishment of the first Australian Suffrage Society in Victoria. D2, R1 • 1895 – South Australia granted suffrage to women via South Australia’s Suffrage Act D2, B4, R1 • 1902 – federal suffrage via Commonwealth Franchise Act but with Aboriginal people in some States still without this right D2, B4

The origins of the American women’s suffrage movement are commonly dated from the public protest meeting held in Seneca Falls, New York, in July 1848. At that historic meeting, the right of women to join with men in the privileges and obligations of active, voting citizenship was the one demand that raised eyebrows among the hundred or so women and men attending. As Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the meeting’s prime organizer, remembered it, many in the audience, even including the distinguished radical

There are people, groups, and events that helped women gain equal rights as women. The Seneca Falls Conventions occurred in 1848 and Congress were introduced to the amendment granting women’s suffrage in 1878. (Document 3) After many women began to realize that their rights were limited, about 300 women and men came to the Seneca Falls Convention. The Seneca Falls Convention occurred on July 19 to 20 in the year of 1848. It was the first convention on women’s right and everything except women’s

Susan B. Anthony born on 1820, Massachusetts, believed that all people should have equal rights. Susan’s speech given in 1873 after her arrest for voting, deliberately sets a stance to women's suffrage in a very serious tone. Susan fights for the equality treatments for women during that era. 1873 was the era where women had no equal rights as man did, women were seen with contempt. Frustrated from all the bias jurisdictions Susan stands up, advocating for the women's rights. In her speech, Susan

The Strength of Women Reformers began the progressive movement that changed the world forever; charity, woman’s vote, and birth control. Jane Adams changed the quality of life of the poor with her administration of the Hull House and The Settlement that provided social services for the poor. Adams consciousness for the downtrodden and hopelessness people was inspiring, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work of aiding immigrant neighbors and forming policies for international public welfare

1848 is thought to be the year the women's rights movement finally kicked off due to a conference held in New york. Before this women had to face many injustices these including the inability to vote, the right to take money from the bank and the right to run for public office these were only some of the hardships women had to face during this era in time. They weren't seen as able bodied human beings and were thought to be inferior to men hence is the reason women couldn't do anything on there own

The feminist movement for women’s equal rights began in the late nineteenth century. As they were the backbone of their own families at home, so too they became the voice challenging the wrongs of society. Women advancement of their position in society with their charitable and reform associations had made them strong, giving them the voice to call for equal rights for women. Women organizational groups targeted suffrage, child-labor, labor organizing, consumer protection, prohibition, development

Throughout the 19th century the United States was tackling one of its largest and most vile problems, social injustices. To remedy these injustices, several brilliant thinkers of this time set out to construct amazing arguments as to why these groups should receive fair and equal treatment, including Fredrick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Mark Twain. In his exquisitely well-crafted auto-biography, My Bondage and My Freedom, Fredrick Douglass fights for the abolition of slavery. Elizabeth

1848 The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women’s rights convention, called for women’s suffrage The convention adopted the Declaration of Sentiments based on the Declaration of Independence. Only two of the participants of the convention were able to live to see the addition of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. This amendment gave women the right to vote. The convention was the first of its kind. The convention did have a significant impact in the long run, but it was seen by