Women's suffrage

I first chose the topic of women’s right because, as a young woman in 2016 attending college in the United States, women’s rights are fairly important to me. As I began to look into the topic that I already knew was large and complicated, I decided to hone in on suffrage because I realized it was a pivotal point in the fight for women’s rights and I knew basically nothing about it. This sparked my interest and as I researched I became more and more intrigued and gained an even greater respect…

In Great Britain, the fight for women’s suffrage commenced in 1866. Before the movement, England was a male dominated, in a seemingly oppressed state. During the "revolution" the nation was unstable due to being scattered. After the transition, the country was reborn and had a new sense of direction. It brought about Feminism which is still very active in today 's societies. Pre-suffrage England was very oppressive for the lower class and especially women.…

the rights of women. All women, at the time, were all denied the essential right to be a part of the bigger picture and to be equal. Woman suffrage was the single largest enfranchisement and extension of democratic rights in our nation’s history. Women’s Suffrage is one of the most important American Political movements. It was the nineteenth-century women’s rights movement. Women were to only be devoted to home life and raising children, if they had any. Elizabeth Stanton married Henry Stanton,…

Women’s Suffrage: The 19th Amendment and Getting the Right to Vote The year was 1848. Something historic had happened in Seneca Falls, New York. More than 300 men and women assembled for the nation’s first women’s rights convention. (Library of Congress.) Woman suffragist, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, declared that “all men and women are created equal.” (Keller, 598.) She had based her ideas on the Declaration of Independence. (Barber, 193.) From then on, thousands of people participated in the…

The fight for women’s suffrage, and better wages and working conditions did not start up until the late 1860s. The main argument for women’s right to vote had to do with equality and equal representation. Many advocates for women’s suffrage had to deal with serious setbacks. Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy, a British suffragist, poet and essayist wrote ‘’Unless a great effort be made now, I do not believe you or I, or persons twenty years our junior, will live to see women’s suffrage established in…

Women used many different methods to earn the right to vote in the Women’s Suffrage Movement. They used 3 methods to get the right to vote, these reasons are: The first method was a parade. This parade took place in Washington DC during president Wilson's inauguration. During this time people on the streets were drinking and it turned violent. The crowds attacked the women, they yelled at them and even threw bottles at them. The police did absolutely nothing to help the women. Afterwards, there…

Women used many different methods to earn the right to vote in the Women’s Suffrage Movement. One method was a parade in Washington D.C. when the president arrived. There were hundreds of women who held up signs and banners to catch the eyes of men and women along the streets. Soon they got large crowds filled with men drinking which resulted in yelling and bottles being thrown around. After, the crowds attacked and left many women in the hospital. But, all of this chaos made the front pages…

and those who were demanding to be treated as equals (Dyck & Cochrane, 2014). The Canadian suffrage movement began in 1867 with the Toronto Women’s Literacy Club. This club initially was a place where women could get together and talk freely about their community. However, in 1883 the group switched to become the Women’s Suffrage Society. This switch was the start of the cross nation petitions and other suffrage movement…

Suffrage ~During the war women watched their husbands, sons and loved ones go off to war.They stayed behind to take care of the responsibilities of family life alone. many also suffered from loved ones dying in the war. Women played a big role in Canada’s industrial achievements. They worked in textile factories and other industries but had been kept out of jobs in heavy industries. About 30,000 stepped in to take up jobs in machine shops, metal factories, munition plants, aircraft factories,…

List of sources: #1- Feminism and suffrage #2- Begining of sisterhood #3- Women’s rights #4- Extrodonary women of WWI Background- Women’s pre war Women held traditional roles, similar to the centuries before Housewives, domestic work, teachers- professions considered suitable for women. There were women’s rights movements in both Britain and US, for more rights- marriage rights. ( #1Feminism and Suffarege p.21) There was also a suffragette movement in both…