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they were excluded from, such as medical and law. At this time, married women could not own property, hold jobs or insurance, could not be leaders in the church of family, could not vote or hold office in government, and lastly, could not attend college. Women were considered property of their husband and could be beat when they did not work enough or obey. The movement lasted nearly seventy years, from 1848 to 1920. During this time, many women protested and held meeting to address issues regarding

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

There are so many problems in the world that many people can’t seem to agree or disagree on. Some of these issues are based on some of the simplest things such as ethnic background, who you are married too, how you live your life and the decisions some countries make that affect a whole people. Some of these issues can and have moved into a nationwide or worldwide struggle to change the issues at hand. Women have rights in countries such as the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Germany, parts

Women had no such much entitlement as men had in the 19th century. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Was an American Women’s rights activist who demanded the rights for women. She Wrote the Seneca Falls Declaration. This document was the beginning of the women’s rights movement. She does a tremendous job constructing her declaration because it is basically modeled after the declaration of independence. The main point she tries to get a cross in the argument is that “We hold these truths to be self-evident:

and Margaret Livingston. Daniel, her father, held the position of judge of Johnstown, New York. Unfortunately for Daniel, Margaret gave birth to only three sons, two whom died shortly after; one at birth and the other after graduating from Union College . Stanton engaged herself in Greek studies and mathematics at the Johnstown Academy. She learned to ride and manage a horse and became a skilled debator. She also found great joy in participating in various sporting activities, although her mother

The Evolving Role of Women in American History The role of American women has changed significantly from the time the nation was born, to the modern era of the 1950s and 1960s. Many people, "... believed that women's talent and energies ... would be put to the better [use] in the new republic." (Clinton 3) Clearly showing that society has seen the importance of the women's talents and that their skills can be very useful, exploited this and thus, the change of the women's role was inevitable

even have the custody of their own children (Francis n.d.). The first few women who were willing to speak up for their rights were Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott who called hundreds of people to fight for women’s rights in 1848 during the Seneca Falls Convention. The 15th Amendment declared that “the right of citizens…to vote shall not be denied or abridged…on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude” yet women of all races were still denied the ballot (Francis n.d.). Although

In the early days, women didn’t shared the same rights as men because women were seen as maintaining their position at homes and leaving men in politics just because they were seen as delicate compared to men (which in other words showed women unequal to men). However, it was just a matter of time when women realized that they’re not receiving their basic rights in the United States. This lead women fight against inequality but, it wasn’t easy at all because they had to face long struggle known as

com/academy.social.reform/lesson In 1900s and the 20th century the continental era and the first decade of the republic The 21st century saw the rise of the third wave feminist in which woman outside the traditional feminist block of white middle-class college graduate started to challenge the feminists establishments. The third wave wanted to include more women in the feminist movement my Nora T lesbians transgender and bisexual women as well as poor and working class with The modern-day equivalent

History of Civil Rights Movement The 1960s brought about changes economically and socially. The Civil Rights Movement was alive and moving. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s goal was to hopefully put an end to racial discrimination and to restore voting rights in the South. Clearly the 60s was not the beginning of the fight for civil rights in America. The 18th century in the United State was plagued by hatred, racism and slavery. Slavery affected the entire nation. Slavery destroyed families