History Of Women's Suffrage

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Being a hard working independent woman has been the goal of most women. They want to be treated the same way men are treated. Most women believe that they can do any job just as well, or better than men. It is against the law to discriminate a woman because of her gender. If it was not for Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony starting the women’s suffrage movement, women would not have any of the rights that they have today.
Before 1893 women did not even have the right to vote. Women were not allowed to have property in their name, have a job, or even have right to receive protection from domestic violence. Women were treated as slaves. They had no rights what so ever. I 1848 the first women’s right convention was held in Seneca Falls,
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Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The NWSA thought they would get the best results if they pushed for a federal constitutional amendment. The AWSA thought that they would get better results if they took their campaigns state to state. In 1890, the two associations come together as one forming the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Both parties agreed to take their debates state to state. The first women’s suffrage law was passed on December 10, 1869 by Wyoming. This gave women the right to serve on a jury. Colorado was the first state to allow women the right to vote. Soon after Colorado, Utah and Idaho allow women the right to vote as well. By 1918, California, Washington, Kansas, Organ, Alaska, Arizona, Montana, New York, Illinois, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Michigan all allowed women the right to vote. In 1920 the 19th Amendment allowing the women the right to vote was …show more content…
White came up with three different kinds of perspective moral theories. The first perspective moral theory is the teleological moral theory. According to White “teleological moral theories locate moral goodness in the consequences of our behavior, not the behavior itself.” (White 280) Basically, the teleological moral theory focuses mainly on the outcome of the situation. A person needs to look at the big picture, seeing what will happen after they make their decision. The second moral theory is deontological theory. The deontological theory “duty-based” (White 281) focuses on whether or not their decision will make them feel good about themselves. The last moral theory is the virtue-based moral theory. The virtue-based moral theory bases its decision off of

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