Diversity and Equality Organizations Greta Hill ETH/125-Cultural Diversity July 5, 2015 Nancy Cardenuto The status of women in the United States throughout history has been a difficult one. Women in the United States have had to fight for their rights on many different issues that concerned them and should have never even been an issue that they had to deal with in the first place. In the early 1800’s women were considered second class citizens in the United States. Women were to get married and have children in the early 1800’s. Women were not allowed to own property or earn and keep any wages after marriage.
English 9 Honors Research Paper 14 March 2014 Elizabeth Cady Stanton “I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves” (Wollstonecraft 1). During the 1800s, the exclusion of women’s rights became an increasing problem in many states. Many rebellions and movements were held to pass the law that gave women the right to vote and to own property. In the year of 1848, the enduring battle over women’s rights finally was put to an end. Lecturer, author, and philosopher, Elizabeth Stanton created a huge impact on the growing hindrance of women’s rights.
Women like Abigail Adams, who had no formal education or schooling, was able to teach herself how to write and read and made herself a very influential young lady. Although she was known for being one of the pioneers of women who made tremendous amount of differences in our history, she was also very famous for writing many letters to her husband that were filled with her personal opinions of the culture and the women’s rights and politics in the nation. Her best known letter to her husband “Remember the Ladies” still marks a big part of women’s history for its positive effects for the rights of women. The women’s rights movement was one of the most amazing and remarkable events that took place in the American history which is over loaded with courage and bravery of the women that were part of this significant era. One of the courageous women was of course, Abigail
Others opinions of Ellen DeGeneres, both positive and negative, follow. The paper concludes with remarks about this famous leader and the effect of studying her and her accomplishments has had upon this writer’s attitude about women’s roles in the world. Ellen Lee DeGeneres is a well-known talk show host. She is a determined woman who didn’t want her sexuality to run her life. She went through life hiding her true self and when she finally told the world that she was a lesbian, she was criticized harshly for it.
It was inevitable for women not to get the right to vote. What helped push women get the right to vote, were the improvements in economy, political and social changes. There were a couple of political factors that took place that helped women fight for their rights to vote. Some of these factors were people that did debates and speeches on why women should have a right to vote. One of these people was Benjamin Disraeli who was a conservative Party Leader in 1866, who was speaking during a debate on the second reform bill and said “I do not see, when she has so much to do with the state and the church, on what reasons, if you come to right, she has not a right to vote”, here he is trying to say that a women does a lot of work for the country and work in the church, but after all of that she still doesn’t get the right to vote.
Throughout history, however, women have had many attempts to gain their independence from men. For example, the National Women’s Rights Convention in 1850, the American Women Suffrage Association, the Women’s Bureau of the Department of Labor, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and the National Organization for Women (NOW) were created to benefit women. These different attempts are named the different waves of the Feminist Movement. The book The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan, published in 1963 and spoke of middle class women being outraged at the fact that women were not allowed equality. The outrage triggered the Second Wave Feminist Movement, a more modern movement, and the fight for women’s sexual freedom and equal opportunities in the workplace.
U.S. History Professor Belanger Analysis on Reconstruction Ends Dec 14th 2011 Elizabeth cady Stanton wrote a paper entitled “Home Life” which talks about women feminism and how women wanted to be equal just like men in marriages. In the early 1800s women had no rights in terms of voting for high ranking officials and they weren’t allowed in court rooms to voice their displeasure on how the government views them as just being care takers. Elizabeth Stanton worked extensively with Susan b Anthony on establishing an association that would fight for women rights and women suffrage. In 1875 Susan b Anthony who was suffragists voted in the presidential election hoping the fourteenth and 15th amendment would get reconstructed giving women
Women’s reality, such as Gilman’s, in this time period was being a submissive wife with few rights in society. This fictional story, appears to be more reality than fiction. The Yellow Wallpaper is a feminist text used as a cry for help of all the oppressed women from nineteenth century. Women’s repression was a problem that impacted the lives of those who lived in this time period. This story expresses a concern of the role women, particularly within the aspect of marriage, maternity, and domesticity.
Another reason that Scout is so interesting is because she is smart. Second example is that she been reading longer than other classmates but her teacher gets mad because she’s more advance at reading then any other students in her class. Jem said to Charles Baker Harris “’ Scout yonder’s been reading ever since she was born, and she aint even started to school yet”(7). This quote shows that she is smart because she’s already reading and getting prepare for school so she can be just like her dad. This trait is interesting because she is going to be really intelligent and have a great future for her dill and there children’s and maybe moved out of Maycomb and live in a nicer city like Hollywood or New York City.
In 1851, at a women’s’ rights conference in Akron, Ohio, Truth went on a national wide lecture tour, sharing her famous speech, “Ain’t I a Woman?” This speech showed people that women can be just as strong, confident, and daring as a man. She persuaded men that they should not be afraid of women because they were the “weaker” gender. She didn’t have much of an education, but acted as if she had been in school all of her life (Sojourner Truth (1797-1883), 2006). Sojourner shocked the world on how well her speech was compared to any average slave (Sojourner, 2011). Instead of going to school, she worked in hard labor most of her life.