How Women Started Breaking Barriers

I always find myself caught in the twentieth century. The century that witnessed how women started breaking barriers. The century features many amazing human beings who were not scared of standing up for themselves and fighting for what they wanted. Even though I may not know a lot about politics, I find them fascinating. And I have tried to track down how women swam through this big sea.

Let’s start by mentioning August 18, 1920. This was the day when the 19th amendment was ratified. It granted women the right to vote. The 19th amendment guarantees all American women the right to vote. I believe in change. I believe we should all see this day as one of the most important days in history. Many believed that women were not capable of full citizenship. That is an awful argument. They claimed they were not capable of physically defending the country, therefore they didn’t make any contribution whatsoever. So giving birth to all those who did serve was giving no contribution at all? That has absolutely no sense. They had no right to decide who would govern them because that decision was safe in the hands of men. They had everything under control. Some took it as a competition between men and woman because they didn’t understand the true purpose of voting. Who ever is elected represents the what the majority of the citizens want in a government. So it was more like men and women merging for a common interest.

Alice Paul was the main leader of the campaign for the 19th amendment. In 1923 Paul along with the National Women 's Party first proposes the Equal Rights Amendment to eliminate discrimination on the basis of sex. It has never been ratified. Through Paul’s efforts, the amendment was introduced in each session of the congress. P...

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...she was appointed to the United States Supreme Court by president Bill Clinton. She became the second woman to be appointed to the position.

President Clinton nominated Madeleine Albright for Secretary of State in 1996. She became the first female in this role in 1997 when the Senate confirmed the request. She portrayed that role for four years.

To wrap up the century, in 2000 Hilary Clinton became the first former First Lady to be elected as Senator. We are now speaking about the same human being that will be running for president a year from now.

I feel like we need to look back and see all the progress we have made. Sometimes it’s important to look at where we are and picture where we want to be. We owe our place in society to all these wonderful women and many more. If it weren’t for them, maybe I wouldn 't be attending a Long Island University at the moment.