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    The women's rights movement of the mid-nineteenth century unified women around a number of issues that were seen as fundamental rights for all citizens; they included: the right to own property, access to higher education, reproductive rights, and suffrage. Women's suffrage was the most controversial women's rights issue of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and divided early feminists on different lines. In 1917 women secured their right to vote, and the women’s right lost it’s momentum

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    The Women’s Right Movement changed the lives of the American Women for the better, due to gaining the right to vote, access to higher education, and the opportunity to enter the workforce. Before the reform movements of Women’s right, the American women were discriminated in society, home life, education, and the workforce. Women in the 1800s could not only vote, but they also were forbidden to speak in public. They were voiceless and had no self-confidence, they dependent men, since they had little

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    Our project presentation branched out into different parts of feminism, including Transgender women, the oversexualization of women, and the history of women’s rights over time. This issue came to our attention in a variety of ways. Before our research, women’s rights and equality had already been a concern, as it is an ongoing problem for many decades, and even centuries. Most of us had heard the term from relatives or off of social media sites, such as Tumblr, Twitter, and more; and as we grew

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    I chose the topic “How did Gloria Steinem influence the discussion of women’s rights?” because feminism is an interesting topic to me, and it is an overlooked topic that should be talked about more often in society. In a society that is so dominant by men, women think they can’t change it. But, with this topic, it can show how just a simple book, or an idea can start up an entire movement just by influencing each other. Also, even in today’s society, women do not get the things they deserve because

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    Many women decided to change this through events like the Seneca Falls Convention. The growth of the women’s right movement included the progress of education, marriage laws, and professions for women. Through movements, women were given opportunities that they weren’t originally able to get. It all started with Lucretia Mott, a Quaker activist, who gave lectures about temperance, peace, worker’s rights and abolition. Mott also helped runaway slaves and organized the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery

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    Women's Rights In 1848

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    accomplished day for the Women’s Rights Movement. The first women’s rights convention lead to the signing of the Declaration of Sentiments (“Women’s Rights Movement in the U.S. - Timeline of Key Events in the American Women’s Rights Movement” adapted from infoplease.com). This was the first step to a long and arduous journey for women’s rights. Despite the fact women’s treatment in society is not equal to that of men’s, no one can deny that women gained a myriad of rights since that momentous day

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    The Women's Rights Movement was a series of of political campaigns on women's rights. It fought for equality between a man and a women. The first wave of feminism started around the middle or upper class white women and involved suffrage and political equality. They fought for the right to vote. And just wanted to give women some of the same opportunities men had at this time. This movement gave women a new purpose in America. During the 1800s women were usually trapped in their houses and expected

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    Women's Rights Beginning in the mid-19th century, several generations of woman suffragesupporters lectured, wrote, marched and disobeyed many rules to change in the Constitution. parades, silence and hunger strikes where used to demonstrate the need for a change in the constitution. Women struggled for their rights ,and they struggled equally to black americans who desired voting rights as well(The Fifteenth Amendment., Susan Banfield pp.11-20).

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    their eyes to see that all women deserve equality, these issues began to resolve. Arguing whether women changed for the better, or even at all, is fine, but, as a woman myself, every piece of history that falls into the category of why women have the rights that are present today, is an incredibly important part of my history, and every other woman and man alive. Mr. Yayhoo, take into account that many young Americans in the 1920s used alcohol as a way to have fun, and the best way to explain this is

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    Women's Rights Argument

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    Her work would emphasize the commonalities of the sexes, not their differences. She also deemphasized the differences between races and sex. She referred to the Constitution’s wording when speaking of or defending women’s rights by using phrases such as “the people,” “citizens,” and “persons.” She also took a different approach when addressing her audiences. Unlike most female reformers of the time, she used a more masculine style of delivery. She delivered her own speeches directly, addressed both

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