Oppression of Women

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Oppression is when a person or group of people abuse their power or social status in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner because of prejudice against those below them. Although Female oppression still exists in many of our societies today, American women were the first to try to overcome their oppression. The oppression that took place was psychological and basically men being biased and unjust towards women, but in other places of the world female oppression means physical or sexual abuse.

Women had always been below men but during the 1800’s a movement had rocked the boat. This was around the time of anti-slavery movements as well so maybe when the women saw slaves going against their oppressors the decided to go against men too.

Women rebelled because of being second class citizens and their unfair treatment by men. Two groups of women headlined the movement: National American Woman Suffrage Association lead by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and the National Woman's Party lead by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns. The rebellion was non-violent; the women used speech a...

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