19th Century Women Rights
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Many groups (e.g. industrial workers, farmers, women, good government advocates, journalists, immigrants, socialists) reacted against the concentration of economic and political power in fewer and fewer hands between 1865 and 1990. What did each of these groups want (i.e. agenda)? Looking at the records of presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson, as well as prior presidents, assess how each of these groups succeeded in achieving these aims from 1880 to 1920. Women of the nineteenth century were mostly housewives who like any other family are mostly housewives and nothing more. But some women wanted the liberation of being free and so some stay single and fight for women rights both at home and society itself. During the 1890s, an association called "National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) which is the largest women suffrage around that time. Their leaders were Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony who at the time were at their seventies; leadership was passed down to younger moderate women. There were several issues the NAWSA wanted to address to the nation which includes voting rights, women in labor force, divorce laws, birth control and promoted women's union. National organizations of U.S. farmers, established to advance their social, educational, financial, and political interests. The alliances reflected frustration at the decline in the standard of farm living, a result of steadily lower prices of farm products. Their protest targets included banks, for refusal to reduce interest rates (a great financial burden to farmers, who often met expenses by borrowing against future crop income); railroads, for discriminatory freight rates; and in some areas, local law officials, for laxity in prosecuting cattle thieves. Farmers reacted with anger when prices of their crops decline after civil war. Many farmers argued that the waning prices is not attribute to fluctuations of supply and stipulate but rather monopolistic practices of grain and cotton buyer. Many farmers both black and white realize that only through gathering that their action could they improve rural life. For example, the Interstate Act of 1887, requiring that railroad rate is sensible and just, that rate schedules be made public and that rebates and similar practices be discontinue. The act also created the first federal regulatory agency, the Interstate Commerce Commission, empowers to investigate and take legal action criminal. The Homestead Act of 1862 has been called one the most important pieces of Legislation in the history of the United States.
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- Explains that the national organizations of u.s. farmers, established to advance their social, educational, financial, and political interests, reflected frustration at the decline in the standard of farm living.
- Explains that by the middle of the 19th century, the major source of immigration no longer came from western europe, but had shifted to southern and eastern europe. congress passed the first immigration statute, barring chinese immigrants.
- Describes how the knight of labor and the american federation labor rose to fame.
- Explains that many groups reacted against the concentration of economic and political power in fewer hands between 1865 and 1990.
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- Women's Rights Movement In The 19th Centuryexplanatory essayThe nineteenth century encountered some of most revolutionary movements in the history of our nation, and of the world – the movements to abolish slavery and the movement for women’s rights. Many women participated alongside men in the movement to abolish slavery, and “their experience inspired feminist social reformers to seek equality with men” (Bentley, Ziegler, and Streets-Salter 2015, pg. 654). Their involvement in the abolition movement revealed that women suffered many of the same legal disadvantages as slaves, most noticeably their inability to access the right to vote. Up until this time, women had little success in mobilizing their efforts to gain the right to vote. However, the start of the women’s rights movement in the mid-1800s, involving leaders such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, paved the path for the expansion of women’s rights into the modern century.
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- Explains that women participated alongside men in the abolition movement to abolish slavery and the movement for women's rights. their experience inspired feminist social reformers to seek equality with men.
- Describes stanton's role in the abolition and women’s rights movements of the nineteenth century. she organized the seneca falls conference alongside lucretia mott in july of 1848.
- Explains that the goal of achieving the right of franchise was the only resolution that was not passed unanimously. the assembly wasn't convinced until frederick douglass asserted that women, like the slave, had a right to liberty.
- Explains that women of seneca falls hoped that a series of conventions would embrace every part of the country following their first meeting.
- Explains that the women's rights movement of the late nineteenth century addressed social and institutional boundaries that limited women’s right, including family responsibilities, educational and economic opportunities, and the absence of a voice in political debates.
- Explains that the awsa and the nwsa struggled to maintain momentum in their efforts to win voting rights during the 1880s and early 1890s.
- Explains that the nawsa worked as a nonpartisan organization and drew support from prominent organizations led by women activists.
- Explains that president wilson urged congress to pass a voting rights amendment in 1917. they asserted that women's participation in the war effort could be impeded by their lack of votes.
- Explains that the women's rights movement continued on in several directions after the 1920 vote, including the birth control movement led by margaret sanger, and a second wave of activism in the 1960s.
- Explains the changes achieved in the first women's rights movement were monumental to the freedoms women enjoy today and paved the path for decades of continued activism that have altered society at large.
1244 wordsRead More - Women in the Late 19th Centuryanalytical essayThroughout nineteenth century Europe and leading into the twentieth century, the division and integration of equal rights and liberties towards both genders was a predominant issue. From the 1860’s and beyond, male suffrage was expanding due to working-class activism and liberal constitutionalism, however women were not included in any political participation and were rejected from many opportunities in the workforce. They were considered second-class citizens, expected to restrict their sphere of influence to the home and family, and therefore not encouraged to pursue a beneficial education or career. Because they were seen as such weak entities, the only way they were able to advocate their interests and dissatisfaction was through their own independent organizations and forms of direct action. With hard work towards improving women’s involvement in the workforce and towards political emancipation, womanhood gradually became redefined. When looking back on these crucial times in history, it is necessary to view how various images and ideas of females represented such integral symbols in modern Europe that influenced the pivotal changes they succeeded in putting forward. Earlier photos show women in society as solely conforming to what society wants them to be, however later this changes and images of women go against what is seen as appropriate and advertise the efforts made towards gender equality.
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- Analyzes how the division and integration of equal rights and liberties towards both genders was a predominant issue throughout nineteenth century europe and leading into the twentieth century.
- Explains how the late 1800s and early 1900s brought great change to women's attitudes and moral depictions of how their lives should be.
- Explains that women's suffrage movements were created in the early 20th century. they were frustrated with their social and economic restrictions and advocated for their rights.
- Explains that women were regarded as wives, mothers, and part of the working class in 19th century europe. they enjoyed sewing, cooking and educating their children, but became frustrated with their restrictions and unequal rights.
- Analyzes how women's role in politics, home-front, and workplace brought about a new social type, called the "new woman." they rejected the corsets that were part of that century’s fashion and demanded education.
1218 wordsRead More - Women's Rights In The 1800sexplanatory essayAmerica was supposed to treat everyone equally, although, when the country was founded, women were excluded from the right to vote. It was socially unacceptable. Women were continually taught, from a very young age, that they weren’t mature enough, or mentally capable of making decisions for themselves. This was an injustice to women, and, in order for them to gain justice, they had to fight for their right to vote, a right that should’ve been given to them from the beginning.
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- Explains that america was supposed to treat everyone equally, although women were excluded from the right to vote. this was socially unacceptable.
- Explains that the 14th amendment, which was ratified in 1868, states that men are citizens and are allowed to vote, while women are not.
- Explains that women's suffrage gained strength in the 1840s, even though they hadn't been "banned" from voting.
- Explains that the 19th amendment to the u.s. constitution: women's right to vote is over and america is the home of the free and the brave.
935 wordsRead More - Women's Suffrage In The 19th Centuryexplanatory essay“ I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality.” - Alice Paul. Women’s Suffrage also known as the woman’s right to vote, is the right of women to vote and to stand for electoral office. Women had limited voting rights but were gained by women in the Western U.S. States in the 19th century.
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- Explains that women's suffrage is the right of women to vote and to stand for electoral office.
- Explains that the women's right movement began in 1848, and was carried out through 1920. the national american woman suffrage association was launched on february 18, 1890 to work for the women’s suffrage.
- Explains that they wrote this article on the groups of woman suffrage and how they joined forces because they watched the movie iron jawed angel directed by katja von garnier.
438 wordsRead More - Women 's Rights Movement : Elizabeth Cady Stanton And Lucretia Mottexplanatory essayIn the nineteenth century, women’s rights activists began fighting for economic freedoms to receive the same amount of legal respect as men. On July 19, 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott held the first gathering devoted solely to women’s rights in Seneca Falls, New York (“Women’s Rights Movement”). Stanton formed an alliance with Susan B. Anthony to try and move forward with their ideas to develop the right for women to vote (“Women’s Rights Movement”). In 1869, the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) and the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) were created, but struggled to maintain momentum throughout the years as they were not getting the support they wanted from middle class women and men until a later date (“Women’s Rights Movement”). There were a number of women’s organizations that were created during this time because it showed all of the diverse interests between religions and political parties (Hall 191). In the late 1880s and early 1890s, middle class women began to volunteer and spread the ideas and thoughts of these women activist groups (“Women’s Rights Movement”).
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- Explains that in the nineteenth century, women's rights activists began fighting for economic freedoms to receive the same amount of legal respect as men.
- Explains that the suffrage movement began after the meeting was held, and women's rights conventions were held up until the start of the civil war. the campaign for the most basic american civil right took only seventy-two years.
- Explains that the struggle for women's rights was only advanced with this campaign, not satisfied. the nineteenth amendment was put into action, allowing women to vote.
- Explains the shift in gender roles as more and more women began working outside of their homes. since america became a country, women had been operating as reformers.
- Explains that as technology increased, the number of jobs available to women began to increase. most, if not all, telephone operators in the united states were women.
- Explains that the spirit of personal independence in women of today is sure proof that a change has come. the radical change in the economic position is advancing upon us.
- Explains that women who wanted to work wanted a way to reduce pregnancies. birth control advocates like margaret sanger and emma goldman were arrested and deported.
- Explains that the women's era affected the united states in obvious ways, although it took many years and movements to get to where we are now.
- Explains that the suffrage movement helped develop other changes in the lives of women. in the progressive era, many organizations were created to enhance women’s rights across the united states and also world-wide.
1254 wordsRead More - Women Gain Suffragecomparative essayIn 1848, the American women's rights movement started, during this movement, even though the leaders of the women’s rights advocated for the Reconstruction amendments , such as Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, these amendment did not promote women’s suffrage. In 1869, the writers of the nineteenth amendment, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony worked in the National Woman Suffrage Association while Lucy Stone led the American Woman Suffrage Association’s state-by-state battle for the vote. After that, the two groups united to form the National American Women Suffrage Association. This association aimed to secure voting rights for all American women (American memory, 2010). During World War I, women contributed significantly to the nation's war effort. As a result, many politicians began to realize that women could be an important source of votes, and then the United States Congress supported the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Finally, in 1920, women won the vote throughout the nation (Jone Johnson Lewis, 2008). In simple English, the Nineteenth Amendment states that Constitution cannot deny or abridge the citizens’ voting rights, regardless of the sex.
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- Explains that the nineteenth amendment to the u.s. consititution provides women equal voting rights to men, and states citizens’ vote shall not be denied or abridged by the united states or by any state on account of sex.
- Explains that the american women's rights movement started in 1848, even though the reconstruction amendments did not promote women’s suffrage.
- Explains that the nineteenth amendment gives women a positive influence because of voting rights.
- Explains that women gaining suffrage also changed the women's personal lives in many ways. before the nineteenth amendment, american women were not allowed to vote.
- Concludes that the nineteenth amendment is an essential guarantee for women. it makes sure that women have equal voting rights to men, which makes a positive effect on society and women’s personal lives.
- Summarizes the 19th amendment | women's suffrage | scholastic.com.
- Cites heidi williamson, women's equality day: celebrating the 19th amendment’s impact on reproductive health and rights.
593 wordsRead More - Women's Suffrage Dbq Essayexplanatory essayA women suffrage amendment was brought to the U.S. Congress in 1868 but failed to win support as well as a second amendment in 1878. In 1869 a woman named Elizabeth Cady Stanton got together with Susan B. Anthony, a women’s rights activist, and organized an association called the National Woman Suffrage Association. With this union they would gather with women and fight for women’s suffrage. Later, in 1890 they joined with their competitor the American Women Suffrage Association and became the National American Women Suffrage Association. “NAWSA adopted a moderate approach to female suffrage, eschewing some of the more radical feminism of other women’s rights groups in favor of a national plan designed to gain widespread support” (3). What the association did was they changed their initial tactic towards suffrage for women so that they can be able to obtain support from all over. Having little to no movement on the national front, suffragists took the next step to sate level. That was when Eastern states granted women suffrage, but hadn’t spread to Western states.
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- Explains that women across the world began establishing organizations to demand women's suffrage in their countries throughout the 1800s.
- Explains that women in the united states had been fighting for the right to vote since 1848. the article "the nineteenth amendment grants women full suffrage: august 18,1920" states that many religious opposed the idea of giving women suffrage
- Explains that a women's suffrage amendment was brought to the u.s. congress in 1868 but failed to win support. elizabeth cady stanton and susan b. anthony organized the national woman suffrage association.
- Explains that women won the fight for women's suffrage on august 18, 1919. since 1980, women’s turnout in u.s. elections has been greater than that of men.
- Explains that women in france were denied the right to vote because of the blatant prejudices of french senate delegates. prostitutes would be included if granted suffrage, and they would socialize/flirt with the opposite
- Explains that the united states wanted women to listen to their husbands and obey them, so too did france. the second world war was the incentive to freedom.
- Explains that women in cuba struggled to be granted the right to vote despite the tumultuous political climate of foreign intervention and government failures. by 1923, a national women's movement was conceptualized through democratic procedures.
1066 wordsRead More - Women Roles In The 19th Centuryanalytical essayWomen roles have changed drastically in the last 50 to 80 years, women no longer have to completely conform to society’s gender roles and now enjoy the idea of being individuals. Along with the evolution of women roles in society, women presence and acceptance have drastically grown in modern literature. In early literature it was common to see women roles as simply caretakers, wives or as background; women roles and ideas were nearly non-existent and was rather seen than heard. The belief that women were more involved in the raising of children and taking care of the household was a great theme in many early literatures; women did not get much credit for being apart of the frontier and expansion of many of the nations success until much later.
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- Explains that women's roles have changed drastically in the last 50 to 80 years, and that their presence and acceptance have drastically grown in modern literature.
- Explains that the portrayal of women roles in 18th century american literatures is a direct reflection on the culture and women’s role in their society.
- Analyzes how katherine mansfield dives into the assumed roles of women in the 19th century.
- Analyzes how in the garden party, the men in their lives suppress the women's opinion and individuality. laura is intimidated by her brother and father and the workmen as well.
- Analyzes how laura's upbringing made her wonder whether it was respectful of a worker to talk to her of bangs slap in the eye, but she conformed and went along with his decision.
- Analyzes how mrs. sheridan looks down at those in the lower class and diminishes their feelings toward the party.
- Analyzes how readers are introduced to a woman who unlike laura is not nave and knows what she wants in life; her husband, john, believes that she is going through temporary nervous depression.
- Analyzes how the reader understands the relationship between the husband and wife. john believes that because his wife is a woman, she cannot make proper decisions for herself, so he does it for her.
- Analyzes how john's attitude towards her passion for writing is not his own fault, but the fault of social norms in which he is accustomed too.
- Analyzes how john doesn't take his wife's opinions and feelings seriously. he laughs at her when she voiced her opinion on the wallpaper.
- Analyzes how the yellow wallpaper and the garden party give readers direct access to the lives of women in 18th and 19th century.
1395 wordsRead More - Women's Suffrage in the 1800’s-19th Centuryexplanatory essayWomen, like black slaves, were treated unequally from the male before the nineteenth century. The role of the women played the part of their description, physically and emotionally weak, which during this time period all women did was took care of their household and husband, and followed their orders. Women were classified as the “weaker sex” or below the standards of men in the early part of the century. Soon after the decades unfolded, women gradually surfaced to breathe the air of freedom and self determination, when they were given specific freedoms such as the opportunity for an education, their voting rights, ownership of property, and being employed.
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- Explains that women were treated unequally from the males before the nineteenth century. they were physically and emotionally weak and took care of their household and husband, and followed their orders.
- Explains that women's role were unjust to the roles and freedoms of the men, so an advanced education for women was a strongly debated subject at the beginning of nineteenth century.
- Narrates how women revolted against men's right to education, and the political urge for better educated women in politics became a helping turning point.
- Explains that these women revolutionized against the inequality of male and female education and proved to the world that they can be just as scholarly as men. the ideals of women being weak minded and intellectually challenged are false judgment and disclaimed.
- Explains that women were stereotyped as ignorant or unintelligent because they were not educated. this took away the right for women to vote during the nineteenth century.
- Describes how women's suffrage turned into a movement 1848 in seneca falls, new york, led by two women, elizabeth cady stanton and lucretia mott.
- Explains that wyoming became the first state to allow women voting right, followed by numerous other states in the early 1900's. the 19th amendment was added to the united states constitution, which prohibited each state the denial of women’s vote.
- Explains that women were denied voting rights and the lack of education before the nineteenth century. they were also restricted the right to own property.
1178 wordsRead More - Womens Rights In The 1840'sanalytical essayDuring the 1840’s women's rights became a popular topic of discussion. Some people felt as if women needed to remain reserved in the public eye. While others, mostly women, felt as they had little rights when it came to politics and education. Women didn’t receive education after the age of 10, and if they did it was because they taught themselves. Politics was a topic most women were shamed for if they talked about it in public.early feminist insisted whether women were married or not. they deserve the range of individual choices and the essence of freedom. Catherine Beecher and people like her believed that women should remain modest and delicate and that women had a place on Earth given by God; the subordinate.
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- Analyzes how women's rights became a popular topic of discussion in the 1840s.
- Describes how angelina grimke and her sister sarah became anti-slavery abolitionists after being sent to philadelphia for an education.
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