The Women's Rights

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Have you ever wondered why women have the rights that they have today and not have to be the way women were supposed to be before? The beginning of all changes started in 1848 and lasted not just till 1920 but even until today. Many leaders such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Betty Friedan, Gloria Steimem and Sojourner Truth at the time were supported by both men and women to encourage women to conquer sexism and claim their rights. The whole purpose of the movement is to gain equality for all women. In 1972, Judy Brady wrote an essay “Why I Want a Wife” to reach out to all her readers that men want perfect wives to do everything for them. This essay by Judy Brady motivated the Women’s Rights Movement.
Women are simply just women and this perfectly fit in with the description in the essay written by Judy Brady. This literary piece is about how a wife ironically describe a perfect wife, how a wife should conduct herself in the eyes of a male figure. A wife’s job is to do whatever it takes to please her husband and if he unfortunately found a better woman then he can replace her. Even after being replaced, the wife will be responsible for the children and her husband is free to live his new life. Women are easily controlled, so everyone would want a wife. Women are just wives that need to know their roles of being perfect wives in their husbands’ eyes and the only goal in their lives is to make their so called husband happy. Even if they are going to be replaced whenever they are not needed or up to their men’s standards. With that being said, women always need to support their husbands and do everything for them. “I belong to that classification of people known was wives. I am A wife. And, not altogether incidentally, I am a mother”...

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...n. The movement went out and it became quite successful even until today. The movement gave the people, especially women, an idea and motivation to fight for equals as men not just as home but also in society.

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Imbornoni, Ann-Marie. "Women's Rights Movement in the US." Infoplease. Pearson Education, n.d. Web. 23 Sept. 2013.
Napikoski, Linda. "I Want a Wife." Legendary Feminist Sstire 1970: n. pag. Web. 29 Sept. 2013.
Stalcup, Brenda, ed. The Women's Rights Movement opposing view points. San Diego: Green Haven Press, Inc., 1996. Print.
"The Women's Rights Movement, 1848-1920." Exhibitions and Publications. US House of Representatives: History, Art & archives, n.d. Web. 2 Oct. 2013.

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