When we go back to 19th century that was the time when it was witnessed that the male suffrage was prevailing in a number of countries and women suffrage was not there and somehow it ignited a spark among women to fight for themselves and for their rights so that they could be treated as humans and not as animals. In the year 1893, women were able to achieve equal voting rights at national level in New Zealand. The same pattern was followed in Australia in 1902. However, in America, England and Canada women could achieve same voting rights only after the First World War ended. Then came into being the famous movement called The Suffrage Movement during which the women fought for their equal voting rights which all men were enjoying at that time because they were of the view that they were a part of the society too and they deserve all the rights to elect their representatives.
Declaration of Independence vs. Declaration of Sentiments As we read over two of the most important documents in the US history, we have the opportunity to compare and contrast the differences and similarities presented. When the Declaration of Independence was written, it paved the way for our freedom. However, even after America’s democratic ideas were determined and written down; freedom was still not granted to all citizens. This lead to women, such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, bringing about the Declaration of Sentiments.
In 1905, one year before her death, she met president Roosevelt to lobby for an amendment for women’s voting rights. It wasn’t until after 14 years of her death, that the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote. Anthony made a impact on the women’s right movement, even if she never saw the results of her work during her life. Anthony’s social change on the country comes from all the associations and book printings that she and Stanton created in hopes of the women’s right to vote. Their efforts along with the efforts of their organizations started the voting movement and put the idea into the minds of a country that otherwise would not have entertained the idea.
They fought alcoholism on the state level through laws, and on the national level with the 18th Amendment which prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor. 19th Amendment women's suffrage. One of the more interesting facts of the Progressive Era was the participation of American Women. Denied the right to vote for most of this period, women used what they saw as their rights as citizens to shape public policy and 20Th Century Reform DBQ By the beginning of the 20th Century, the US was realizing the dire need for reform. With all the quick expanding and the industrializing of America, many of
World War I affected many people during its time of war. WWI was known as the war that ended without any country knowing why it started in the first place. From the mid 1914 to late 1918, the lives of women and men changed for the better. The war impacted the men who had to leave their job to support the battle and the women who kept up with the jobs in order to keep the war running. The women went from running the house to running the factory.
Denesia Rollins Mr. McKinney History 134-015 12 March 2012 Analysis Paper #3 The Great Depression and World War II have changed the United States by the Changing Roles for Women. With American men enlisting in the war effort, the work force quickly diminished. Who would "man" the assembly lines in the factories to produce the needed items for the current war? The War marked and important watershed in the women status. With most of the men going into military service, the demand for labor struck up old prejudices about sex roles in the workplace, and the military.
Despite being warned of imprisonment she joined the women's suffrage movement in Britain and was arrested on several occasions, serving time in jail and going on a hunger strike. This did not prevent her from sneaking into political events, she still protested the government’s refusal to let women speak publicly, by not eating. Even though it was a difficult time in her life, she still managed to stand up for what she believed in. When she returned to the United States in 1910, Paul became involved in the women’s suffrage movement there as well. Driven also to change other laws that affected women, she earned a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1912.
Friedan and Gilman’s work have formed the touchstones for the current feminist movements and will continue to play a huge role as women work to advance their rights further in the coming years. Gilman wrote “Women and Economics,” at the turn of the 20th century contributing to the foundation of political thinking surrounding the domestic causes of women’s economically dependent status. She developed her
Fighting for a cause The women’s suffrage movement, symbol of nineteenth and early twentieth century feminism, is the one most visible manifestation of women’s emancipation. From the birth of the nation to a Constitutional Amendment passed in 1920, suffrage for women had been batted aside, ignored, criticized, and denied. Those who attacked women’s suffrage were attacking much more than the idea that women as well as men should enter the polling booth. Across America women living in the 1900’s were angry and tired of feeling betrayed and treated as an unequal second class citizen. However these brave remarkable women decided to take action that helped forever changed American history, the right to vote.
As shown in document H Wilson was being pressured into ending the long fight of women’s suffrage. After all if they aren’t self governed that makes them like the Kaiser something the nation was totally opposed to putting even more pressure on the Wilson administration. After giving women the right to vote in 1920 the percent of eligible voters who cast ballots in presidential elections decreased dramatically from prior years (Doc. J). The election was dominated by the aftermath of World War I and the response to certain policies of Woodrow Wilson, as well as the massive reaction against the reformist of the Progressive