Throughout the course of history there have been an unimaginable of attempted reforms. A) The United states had their main era of reform in the early to mid 19th century. Reformers would try to correct injustices in almost any subject they felt passionate about. D) Jackie personally feel most passionate about the Equal Rights for Women reform, and also thinks that this was the most significant reform towards American history. B) The Equal Rights for Women reform helped give women almost the same rights as men including being able to own property, vote, speak in public, and much more. If our earliest reformers for women’s rights like Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott did not stand up for this unjust treatment, C) to this day less than half
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Women being the to own property was an extremely big deal. In 1839, Mississippi was the first state to allow women to own property in their own name (it did not belong to their husband). After the Married Woman’s Property Act is passed in 1848, for the first time ever, a woman could sign contracts on her own; she was allowed to collect rent or receive an inheritance in her own name; she could file a lawsuit against someone on her own behalf. B) According to Census Bureau data, in 2014, there were 18,057,000 female homeowners in the United States. C) This shows the amazing number of houses in the US that are owned by a female. D) This number could not have been reached without our “founding mothers” like Stanton and Mott. Stanton and Mott were two main activists in the Women’s Right movement, along with Susan B. Anthony who was a main orator for the movement.. According to a study taken in 2014 there were 1.03 times more single women property owners in comparison to single men. This shows that all women needed was a little nudge of courage to get us started, but one we got going we could exceed and go beyond the men and grow …show more content…
This was extremely conducive to women moving forward in the political field. It was a very a laborious task to get the right to vote, but with it, women could get their opinions out there. For example, before women could vote, they were technically undergoing ‘taxation without representation’. Now that women can vote we can have an opinion in which taxes should be charged and how big the taxes should be. B) According to a study taken in 2012, 50.8% of the US population is female. C/D) This means that if only males voted it would not be a proper representation of the Nation’s opinions since less that half the country actually gets to vote. Being able to speak your mind to the public was a great asset to making any protest successful. Once women got the right to speak in public there was no stopping them. At first they started fighting for Slave Rights and now we are even marching to change immigration policies! Rosa Parks was also a woman who was inspired to stand up for her beliefs --well, more like stay seated (on the bus). Recently, a young girl named Malala spoke out about female education. She was even the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Now a days girls of all ages are delivering eloquent speeches that change people's perspectives of the world. All thanks to the Equal Rights for women Reform, women now have the power to instill change in the
Women being the to own property was an extremely big deal. In 1839, Mississippi was the first state to allow women to own property in their own name (it did not belong to their husband). After the Married Woman’s Property Act is passed in 1848, for the first time ever, a woman could sign contracts on her own; she was allowed to collect rent or receive an inheritance in her own name; she could file a lawsuit against someone on her own behalf. B) According to Census Bureau data, in 2014, there were 18,057,000 female homeowners in the United States. C) This shows the amazing number of houses in the US that are owned by a female. D) This number could not have been reached without our “founding mothers” like Stanton and Mott. Stanton and Mott were two main activists in the Women’s Right movement, along with Susan B. Anthony who was a main orator for the movement.. According to a study taken in 2014 there were 1.03 times more single women property owners in comparison to single men. This shows that all women needed was a little nudge of courage to get us started, but one we got going we could exceed and go beyond the men and grow …show more content…
This was extremely conducive to women moving forward in the political field. It was a very a laborious task to get the right to vote, but with it, women could get their opinions out there. For example, before women could vote, they were technically undergoing ‘taxation without representation’. Now that women can vote we can have an opinion in which taxes should be charged and how big the taxes should be. B) According to a study taken in 2012, 50.8% of the US population is female. C/D) This means that if only males voted it would not be a proper representation of the Nation’s opinions since less that half the country actually gets to vote. Being able to speak your mind to the public was a great asset to making any protest successful. Once women got the right to speak in public there was no stopping them. At first they started fighting for Slave Rights and now we are even marching to change immigration policies! Rosa Parks was also a woman who was inspired to stand up for her beliefs --well, more like stay seated (on the bus). Recently, a young girl named Malala spoke out about female education. She was even the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Now a days girls of all ages are delivering eloquent speeches that change people's perspectives of the world. All thanks to the Equal Rights for women Reform, women now have the power to instill change in the