Give a brief summary of about 100 words on each woman, explaining her main accomplishments and what set her apart as a woman worthy of a chapter in a book. During the course of the History, it does not take long to realize that people who fight for they believe in or attempt to change the opinion of others, have a very difficult life. Women during the 1800s were no an exception to this. However, women like Lucy Stone, Susan Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton were willing to make that sacrifice. The sacrifice made by these women led to many rights that women have today. Lucy Stone is probably not as well known as Anthony and Stanton. However, Lucy had the ability to manage the life of a leader inside and outside her house. Lucy Stone fought for …show more content…
Someone who is willing to consider the pros and cons and take the necessary measurements to accomplish that goal with a logical reasoning. I believe that Lucy Stone fits the perfect definition of a pragmatist. Stone was determined on fighting for women’s equal rights. However, her life made her go through different transitions where she knew what her priorities were. Lucy was fully aware that marriage would take her eyes off the equal rights movements. Lucy gave her later to be husband Henry Blackwell plenty of excuses in order to avoid her marriage. Lucy stated that “Men were more immature than women of the same age”(22). After she had her child, Lucy Stone was still engaged during the cause however, she was aware she also had other priorities and she was unable to spend as much time as she wanted to fight for the rights of women. Instead, she took care of Alice. “After Alice’s birth, Lucy overcome by lassitude, retired from her strenuous speaking tours. With the help of the Blackwells she temporarily became a stay-at-home mother”(30). Lucy Stone was a natural leader who was stood up for equal civil rights without forgetting her priorities. Lucy Stone was able to adapt to her situations in life in order to still fight for what she …show more content…
Usually, biographies describe the experiences or a specific incident in a person’s life. During the first colonies, women were unable to read or even spell therefore they were not capable of writing her own stories. Suffrage women had the opportunity to share their stories through their writings on their journals. “There are as well impressive biographies, often by relatives, describing the individual experiences of suffrage women, though in the more benighted versions of these women emerge as dehumanized saints”(3). During this era many people were able to document their experiences and stories through portraits and paintings but as it was stated in the book “founding sisters had neither the time nor the money nor the ego to sit for their
They all fought and still fight for women’s rights. Some wanted to vote, like Susan and Elizabeth, some wanted to race, like Shirley, they all changed the country like Hillary Clinton and Rose. But they all cared about was to not be judged or told they can’t do something. Their similarities all meet because they all made differences in little and big ways. We can all benefit from their actions and make change for the
...ing to survive. Their militant demeanor and strong willed nature foreshadowed the coming modern civil rights movement. They realized the importance of education and utilized it to change the climate of their time. I think these to women defined the term "ordinary to extraordinary". They had both broke through color and gender barriers and earned the respect and admiration of colleagues, politicians the African American people. Who knows what would have happened if these two brave women did not stand up and accomplish what they had done. Would "White Supremacy" prevail in a post WWII society. It is hard to quantify the contribution of these women to the civil rights movement but I think it is safe to say that we were fortunate as a nation to have these great crusaders, as well as many other notable figures, to educate us and force us to see change in the United States.
“Throughout her professional life, [Anna Julia Cooper] advocated equal rights for women of color...and was particularly concerned with the civil, educational, and economic rights of Black women” (Thomas & Jackson, 2007, p. 363).
Their association later joined with Lucy Stone’s group, the American Woman Suffrage Association to make the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Despite the group not recruiting as many people as they would like, with the help of a National Equal Rights member, Ida B. Wells, they were able to get President Woodrow Wilson as an endorsement for their amendment. Then after the war women helped get the Equal Pay Act in place with President John F. Kennedy signing off on it. Since the 1800’s women have gained many rights, like the right to vote, and equal pay. Founders like Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Alice Paul, Ida B. Wells, and Lucy Tone, hard work and determination made these rights possible for women today. Without theses rights women could not be teachers, doctors, or lawyers based upon reproductive organs, and stereotypes. It is important to remember “That all men and women are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of
Susan B. Anthony believed that women should have the same rights as men. She fought for this right in many different ways, but she is most famous for showing civil disobedience by voting illegally. Unfortunately, Anthony fought all her life for women’s rights, but her dreams were not fulfilled until 14 years after she died (“Susan” Bio).
Women’s History Website #2. Jane Addams - Bibliographies. http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/addamsbiblios/index.htm>. Women’s History Website
For many years people fought and struggled for change to make the world a better place. People struggle for change to feel equal by actively fighting for human rights, they urge people to abide by the rule of law to accomplish these equal rights, and they fight for a change in the future to ensure that the work they have done is not destroyed by the younger generations. Thanks to the hard work of our ancestors, the freedom that we are granted benefits many people around the world today. If it were not for their struggle we would not have some of the privileges we have today, such as the right to vote. Alice Paul and Ida B. Wells are both exemplary examples of advocates for the women’s suffrage. They marched and protested for the right to vote which eventually led to the 19th amendment. It took a very strong leader to accomplish this goal, a person that believed in the rule of law and a change for the future. These women are just two examples of people who were self motivated for a change. Many other people struggled for a change in what they believed in,and if they fought hard enough their efforts
Up until and during the mid -1800’s, women were stereotyped and not given the same rights that men had. Women were not allowed to vote, speak publically, stand for office and had no influence in public affairs. They received poorer education than men did and there was not one church, except for the Quakers, that allowed women to have a say in church affairs. Women also did not have any legal rights and were not permitted to own property. Overall, people believed that a woman only belonged in the home and that the only rule she may ever obtain was over her children. However, during the pre- Civil war era, woman began to stand up for what they believed in and to change the way that people viewed society (Lerner, 1971). Two of the most famous pioneers in the women’s rights movement, as well as abolition, were two sisters from South Carolina: Sarah and Angelina Grimké.
Cokie Roberts’ Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation examines women's role in the establishment and development of the United States of America. Throughout the book, Roberts attempts to prove that women have natural characteristics in which they use to their advantage to build a foundation for the future of all women. She examines the lives of some of the most important women in U.S. history, such as Abigail Smith Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Sarah Livingston Jay, Martha Washington and Mary White Morris. Roberts researched all of the women who “had the ears of the Founding Fathers,”. She believes that since these women lived in such a strange and wonderful time period that they must have strange and wonderful stories to tell. The book
Women had a role in the forming of our country that many historians overlook. In the years leading to the revolution and after women were political activists. During the war, women took care of the home front. Some poor women followed the army and assisted to the troops. They acted as cooks, laundresses and nurses. There were even soldiers and spies that were women. After the revolution, women advocated for higher education. In the early 1800’s women aided in the increase of factories, and the changing of American society. Women in America were an important and active part of achieving independence and the framing of American life over the years.
The early women's movement was dominated by an uncompromising attitude of right versus wrong. This attitude came from the involvement of this same segment of society in the abolitionist movement. While intellectually appealing, in "Not Wards of the Nation: The Struggle for Women's Suffrage," William H. Chafe tells us that early women's rights advocates "were generally dismissed as a 'class of wild enthusiasts and visionaries' and received little popular support (Oates 153). One of the founders of this movement was Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Women began standing up for more rights and realizing that they could be treated better. 1840 the World Anti-slavery Convention in London showed a great example of inferiority of women. Women were denied a seat at the convention because they were women. Women like Elizabeth C. Stanton and Lucretia C. Mott were enraged and inspired to launch the women’s rights movement. Elizabeth Stanton promoted women’s right to vote. “If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to forment a rebellion and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.
Democracy stresses the equality of all individuals and insists that all men are created equal. Democracy does not persist on an equality of condition for all people or argue that all persons have a right to an equal share of worldly goods. Rather, its concept of equality insists that all are entitled to equality of opportunity and equality before the law. The democratic concept of equality holds that no person should be held back for any such arbitrary reasons as those based on race, color, religion, or gender. This concept of equality holds that each person must be free to develop himself or herself as fully as he or she can or cares to and that each person should be treated as the equal of all other persons by the law. We have come a great distance toward reaching the goal of equality for all in this country, but however close we are we are still at a considerable distance from a genuine universally recognized and respected equality for all. I will go into more details giving more information and making it clear to understand equality and civil rights for all and it affects everyone.
Jane Addams, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. These women lived at the turn of the century, and fought vehemently for a cause they believed in. They knew that they were being discriminated against because of their gender, and they refused to take it. These pioneers of feminism paved the road for further reform, and changed the very fabric of our society.
In the history of women’s rights, and their leaders, few can compare with the determination and success of Lucy Stone. While many remember Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony for being the most active fighters for women’s rights, perhaps Stone is even more important. The major goal for women in this time period was gaining women’s suffrage. That is what many remember or associate with the convention at Seneca Falls.