Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The Second Great Awakening that swept across the United States in the 1800s, had a unifying effect on the nation; especially the inclusion of Black Americans and women in leadership. As Tindall and Shi comment, “[the revivals] bridged many social, economic, political, and even racial divisions. Women especially flocked to the rural revivals and sustained religious life on the frontier” (Tindall and Shi 387-388). The inclusion of Black Americans and women in the Second Great Awakening gave fuel…

Frances wright is one of the first advocates of equal rights for women. Thus, she is one of the influential female freethinkers. So many reasons for the feminist drive is concerning Wright's attempts to argue for the independence and equality of human beings formed a strong foundation for feminist and liberal activists. Wright is also tried to struggle for high ideals. Thus, she spent the last years of her life to affirm financial affairs and a complicated divorce. She wants to create an…

The roaring 20s was a time of great change for women, on the work front, in politics, in fashion, education, and in values. During the 20s women transformed into independent, strong and new women. However, women still had a long way to go to achieve equality in the workforce and society. Prior to the 20s women were denied a lot of the rights that men had. Women were not able to own property. Women didn’t have the right to vote, and women also did not have a legal claim to monies they earned…

Women’s Rights Susan B. Anthony was born on Feb. 15, 1820. Once Susan grew older, she helped with the finding of the Women’s Suffrage Association (where she later became the president of the association.) Her work helped open the eyes to women everywhere, and how they can do so much more in their lifetime when they gain rights. Susan B. Anthony helped pave the path for women and their rights everywhere. Without her motivation, women might not have the rights they do today. In the 19th…

Exam 4 Essay The Declaration of Independence was being drafted by members of the Continental Congress when Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, John Adams. She was requesting that they “Remember the Ladies.” She felt that women’s influence should reach beyond the home, and that they should have independent power to make their own choices regarding their lives and wellbeing. Adams was privately petitioning her husband, and she wanted him to, in turn petition on the behalf of women. She was…

When the woman would start to farm, she would only be allowed to grow “womanly crops” such as cassava, plantains, and coco yams not men’s crop like yams. If she were to grow yams, her fields would be burned to rejuvenate the land from evil. The gender roles that take place in the Igbo culture, not only affect their agriculture but every other aspect of Igbo women’s lives. Igbo woman are subjected to abuse by their significant other, men are allowed to beat their wives regardless of the reason.…

Lizeth Gamino Professor Leonhardt History 300 November 2, 2016 Presentation Summary Crystal Catherine Eastman was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts on June 25, 1881 and died on July 8, 1928. She was an American lawyer, antimilitarist, feminist, socialist, and journalist. She is best known as a leader in the fight for women's rights or better known as the women’s suffrage. She was also a co-founder and co-editor of the radical arts and politics magazine The Liberator, and co-founder of the…

2013, 502-503). In 1870 Lottie Rollin addressed a convention on women’s rights stating, “We ask suffrage not as a favor, not as a privilege, but as a right based on the ground that we are human beings, and as such, entitled to all human beings” (Stanton, Anthony and Gage 1870).The right to vote was a hot topic throughout American history and even back in 1897 when the state of Utah passed women’s right to vote among state elections after the Edmunds-Tucker Act, and polygamy was banned (Hewitt…

Women's History Month International women's day is an essential day in our history because we have historic women who rock! In 1910, Clara Zetkin came up with the idea for that day on March 8th. International women's day was for united nations in 1975. Between those years not much happened. The U.N. created an annual theme in the mid-90s for women's day. In 2011, President Obama declared March is women's history month. Three examples of powerful women are Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, and…

Olive Deniss is famous as Civil Engineer. She was the first woman to become a member of the American Railway Engineer Association . One of the first woman to obtain a civil Engineering degree from Cornell university , she found it difficult to find a meaningful job after her graduation solely on the basis of her gender .She strived hard and eventually began working for the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O)Railroad. Since half of the railroad’s passengers were woman , it was felt that a woman would be…