Feminist activists have campaigned for women's legal rights (rights of contract, property rights, voting rights); for women's right to bodily integrity and autonomy, for abortion rights, and for reproductive rights (including access to contraception and quality prenatal care); for protection of women and girls from domestic violence, sexual harassment and rape;for workplace rights, including maternity leave and equal pay; against misogyny; and against other forms of gender-specific discrimination against women. During much of its history, most feminist movements and theories had leaders who were predominantly middle-class white women from
Her efforts of selfless dedication played a major role in the ratification of the 14th amendment of the United States Constitution giving women the right to vote in 1920. Keywords: Susan B. Anthony, abolitionist, women’s rights, equality SUSAN B. ANTHONY 3 Susan B. Anthony American Women’s Leader and Abolitionist Susan Brownell Anthony, born on February 15, 1820 to Daniel and Lucy Read Anthony was an accomplished and prominent American women’s leader and spent most of her life advocating for women’s social and legal equality. Fellow feminist, Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) and Anthony co-founded the National Women’s Suffrage Association of which Anthony first served as vice president and later president. Anthony’s maternal grandfather, Daniel Read fought in the American Revolution, later serving in the Massachusetts legislature while her father was a strict but open-minded cotton manufacturer and abolitionist. Anthony’s
Topic: Midwifery models of care are advocated as a means of promoting the Midwife-Woman partnership. Midwifery models of care facilitate a partnership between a women and a midwife giving the necessary support, care and advice during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period. Around the world there is a growing recognition amongst women and the wider community that having the same midwife from early pregnancy, through labour and birth until the postpartum period has significant and lasting health benefits for women ,their babies and families .Cultural and socio-political factors inhibiting adequate partnership between women and midwives are evident within the maternal care environment .It is important to examine the impacts of these constraints when supporting the Midwife-Women partnership both within Australia and around the globe. Midwives work with women supporting their right to actively participate in decisions about their care, and empowering women to speak for themselves on issues affecting their health within their society and culture. Through the built relationship, women access pregnancy health care which has indicated to be remodelling due to current social changes, models are progressing to support a culture of revaluing human relationships with regard to technology and medicine (Deery & Kirkham, 2010).
Women’s Rights through History His204: American History Since 1865 June 13, 2011 Women’s Rights Through History Women’s rights are something that has been ongoing since people can remember. Whether it was voting or being able to work and have custody of children, the issues have always been there. The roles of women have changed throughout time to include many notable events, including the introduction of the nineteenth amendment, and coming together of many women’s organizations. Without these past events the women of today’s society would not have the freedoms or jobs that they do. The introduction of the nineteenth amendment was one of the most important events to happen during the later part of the nineteenth century.
Ending Nurse-Nurse Violence with Ethical Leadership NR504: Leadership and Nursing Practice: Role Development Ending Nurse-Nurse Violence with Ethical Leadership Upholding high professional standards and codes of ethics is and always will be a top priority within nursing. There is an abundance of literature focused on the subject, with much of it emphasizing the treatment of patients. However, in the past twenty years there has been an increase in research related to how nurses treat each other. As a profession, nursing is well known for its caring spirit; nurses devote their time and energy to easing the suffering of their patients through the care they deliver. Yet, there exists in on-going trend of nurse-on-nurse violence within the workplace.
Offensive Advertisements against Women: Jean Kilbourne Jean Kilbourne is a feminist author, speaker, and filmmaker who is internationally recognized for her work on the image of women in advertising and her critical studies of alcohol and tobacco advertising. Jean Kilbourne has been credited for introducing the idea of educating people about media literacy as a way to prevent problems, she viewed as originating from mass media advertising campaigns. Jean Kilbourne is perhaps best known for her videos that are based on her lectures. She has three volumes of the film Killing Us Softly, a video that address how advertising depicts women over a twenty year span of time. Jean Kilbourne is a graduate of Wellesley College and holds a doctorate in education from Boston University, as well as an honorary doctorate from Westfield State College, where she started her research and insights on the idea of consumerism to consciousness in advertising.
(Source 3) the source further explains that Coretta Scott King continued to play a critical role in many of the civil rights campaigns of the 1950s and 1960s, performing in freedom concerts that related to the history of the civil rights movement. On the 2nd February 2013 the film Betty Shabazz and Coretta Scott King came out and the film ‘goes beyond their advocacy works and humanizes these valiant women’ (Source 4) the movie tells a bigger story that these woman stood together and turned their tragedies into triumphs and shows how both woman used their faith, family and friendships to advocate justice on behalf of woman, children, the poor and oppressed. They stood together and changed the world. (Source 4) furthermore proving how these woman played a major role, in bringing social change to African Americans just as their
Women have a broad history in this country. Great strides in civil rights have been reached by women in collective efforts over time. Today women have nearly every right of any human being in the United States with exception of those in prisons. As of lately, many women are beginning to feel as if some of those liberties are being taken away. Much of the question of particular rights are under fire are coming from religious perspectives.
Lady Luck Oprah Winfrey is a name familiar to most people. She has been a television talk show host and celebrity, as well as an Academy Award winning actress. She has been a role model and moral compass to many and has provided America with the guidance of other trusted hosts such as Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil. Ms. Winfrey has proven herself to be a self-driven, insightful woman. She has overcome numerous obstacles and hardships in her life to become one of the most successful, respected and trusted women in recent history.
This artwork was designed in support of the 1989 feminist march in Washington to support the women’s rights of abortion and birth control. Kruger stresses her own commitment to these issues by stamping the words “Your Body is a Battleground” down the center of the page. In this piece, these words relate to an array of political and social stances. Ideas of power and structure in society are often referenced in Kruger’s work as these ideas were evident through all aspects of society and women were forced to defend themselves and their livelihoods in society. The words