With 7 billion people in this world and counting, there are bound to be countless of opinions and issues arising. But, during the 1900s, many people’s concern was the idea of women’s suffrage. Some were all for it, others were very hostile towards it. During this time, women were expected to nurture and care for their children. They were to cook, clean, and were expected to complete all of their civic responsibilities that was expected of them by society. Men were to work outside the home, were expected to obtain arduous jobs or get themselves involved in politics, to decide what is right or wrong for their country. A majority of people on both sides, men and women, were either for it or against it. This led to many advertisements, articles, …show more content…
songs, etc to be written for those to either vote for women’s suffrage or oppose it.
In Document A, Senator Robert Owens Supports Women (1910), Owens argues that women are indeed as worthy as men are. He argues that, “...Women are better informed about house government, and she can learn state government with as much facility as he can learn how to instruct children, properly feed and clothe the household, care for the sick… or make a house beautiful.” Here Owens is saying that women are just as capable as men are to become involved in government. A woman can learn about government, just as she can learn about government and politics. They can still be mothers and wives, but have a more important part in society and the world by getting the same pay and recognition as men. He says that women make up one half of the human race and are equal to men when it comes to intelligence. Women are just as capable as men. They can work, they are wise, and they know what …show more content…
can be the best for the country. Women are considered as lesser human beings, although they prove to be one of the best in anything that they set their mind to. However, opposers of women’s suffrage may argue that there is still no proof that women actually have a positive impact in the workforce and government. But Owens contradicts this argument by saying that there are physical results that are appearing, which is in the state of Colorado. The laws that women insisted upon as they became involved in government improved the school system, which then resulted in the creation of young and educated adults. Women have not become selfish, unloving creatures by these new changes, instead they remain as loving and nurturing as they were before. But, instead, now they are becoming apart of society and changing the world for the better. In the song, “She's Good Enough To Be Your Baby's Mother And She's Good Enough to Vote With You (Document D: To the Men of New Jersey),” there are many great things that are being said. This song is saying that a woman is good enough to be all these things, like, “good enough to be your baby’s mother… good enough to kiss your tears away… good enough to love you and adore you, etc,” but yet why isn’t she good enough to be able to vote with you? She’s good enough to be able to do be and do everything, but vote. This song argues about the right to vote for women. Why is she good enough for everything else, but not good enough to vote? Simply because men view women to be unfit in getting involved in government. They view them as weaklings, creatures that don’t need to get involved in this competitive and brutal thing called, government. But that is not the case because women are just as, if not even more, capable as men are. This song criticizes the argument that women are lesser than men. This song proves that indeed women are more than just people who cook, clean, and raise children. They have brains and can use it to their full capacity if only given the chance to. In Document G, “Give Mother the Right to Vote,” the advertisement features babies and a slogan reading, “Our Food, Our Health, Our Play, Our Homes, Our Schools, Our Work are all ruled by men’s votes.” The meaning behind this poster is that men are controlling everything.
Why isn’t that women have a say in anything, why aren’t they able to voice their opinions and vote for what they want as well? Women can do everything a man can do and even though a male is physically stronger than a female, a women makes up for that with her intelligence and ideas. A woman’s perspective on politics can shed a whole new light on government and politics. She can think of something a man would have never thought of in a million years. Afterall, a woman knows best! It was proven that women actual brought on more positive changes, rather than negative ones. The four states that had granted women’s suffrage in the 1900s, was proven to be the best decision that was ever made. Although some may have not wanted the right to vote, it was better for the future of all women to unite on women’s suffrage because in the end females finally got the equality that they
deserved. A nation depends on not only its men, but its women as well. Men and women are both equal in everything that they do. Just like no race or color of skin is superior than the other, no man or woman is ever superior than the other. A prosperous and affluent country will not be created without all its participants, which includes both genders. When it comes to this issue of women’s suffrage, it is believed to be the greatest decision that has ever been made in history. Women now have a voice, their needs and wants can be heard in every aspect, whether it be in the workforce, government, media, or politics, women can take a stand and bring about the changes needed to make their country the best that it can. And afterall remember that, Michelle Obama had once said, “No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens.”
Today, women and men have equal rights, however not long ago men believed women were lower than them. During the late eighteenth century, men expected women to stay at home and raise children. Women were given very few opportunities to expand their education past high school because colleges and universities would not accept females. This was a loss for women everywhere because it took away positions of power for them. It was even frowned upon if a woman showed interest in medicine or law because that was a man 's place not a woman’s, just like it was a man 's duty to vote and not a woman 's. The road to women 's right was long and hard, but many women helped push the right to vote, the one that was at the front of that group was Susan B. Anthony.
Through the 20th century, the communist movement advocated greatly for women's’ rights. Despite this, women still struggled for equality.
Throughout the 1800s, women across the world began establishing organizations to demand women’s suffrage in their countries. Today, there are still women in countries fighting for their right to vote. Some countries who’ve succeeded in the mid to late 1800s were Sweden and New Zealand. Once they expanded women’s suffrage, many other countries followed. Like Sweden, countries first granted limited suffrage to women and other countries approved to the full national level. Additionally, there were quite a few countries who had taken over a century to give women the right to vote, Qatar being a prime example. Although the fight for women’s suffrage varied in the United States, France, and Cuba in terms of length and process, each effort ultimately
During America's early history, women were denied some of the rights to well-being by men. For example, married women couldn't own property and had no legal claim to any money that they might earn, and women hadn't the right to vote. They were expected to focus on housework and motherhood, and didn't have to join politics. On the contrary, they didn't have to be interested in them. Then, in order to ratify this amendment they were prompted to a long and hard fight; victory took decades of agitation and protest. Beginning in the 19th century, some generations of women's suffrage supporters lobbied to achieve what a lot of Americans needed: a radical change of the Constitution. The movement for women's rights began to organize after 1848 at the national level. In July of that year, reformers Elizabeth Cady Stanton(1815-1902) and Lucretia Mott (1793-1880), along with Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) and other activists organized the first convention for women's rights at Seneca Falls, New York. More than 300 people, mostly women but also some men, attended it. Then, they raised public awar...
Women throughout the suffrage act were faced with many challenges that eventually led into the leading roles of women in the world today. Suffrage leaders adopted new arguments to gain new support. Rather than insisting on the justice of women’s suffrage, or emphasizing equal rights, they spoke of the special moral and material instincts women could bring to the table. Because of these women taking leaps and boundaries, they are now a large part of America’s government, and how our country operates.
Les Suffragettes étaient une organisation créée pour donnent les femmes le droit de vote au Royaume-Uni. Il a commencé par Emmeline Pankhurst en 1903. L'organisation a été créée pour faire comprendre aux gens que les droits entre les hommes et les femmes n'étaient pas égaux.
Although women have been seen as inferior for many years, looking at the documents it’s unequivocal that women should have been given the same domestic, political and social rights as men. In the early 20th century, many Americans perceived women as unskilled and deficient, as this woman has never had the chance to prove how they can positively affect society. Document A, Supports Woman states; “They still love their homes and their children just the same as ever, and are better able to protect themselves and their children because of the ballot”. If women were given the right to vote, it would not only have helped the society by having more opinions, but it would have also helped women protect themselves and their children by voting for things like better education. Supports Woman explains how giving women the right to vote has only been beneficial to the society....
What does “movement” mean? There are many definitions for the word. In this case, I am referring to a political meaning. Movement is a series of organized activities working toward an objective. There have been many groups in history to start up movements throughout the decades. One that stands out to me the most is the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Women’s movements are led by powerful, courageous women who push to better the lives’ of women or lives’ of others. Most familiar movements are those involved in politics, in efforts to change the roles and status of womanhood in society. Groups of women also attempt to improve lives of others with the help of religious and charitable activities. Either it was a political, religious, or charitable women’s movement, each woman of each group have made an impact on today’s view of women and achieved greater political involvement.
It was Theodore Roosevelt, who stated that, “Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care”, conveying the idea that with no voice comes no change. In the morning of August 26, 1920, the 19th amendment was ratified, which centralized mainly on the enfranchisement of women. Today, they have the legal right to vote, and the ability to speak openly for themselves, but most of all they are now free and equal citizens. However this victorious triumph in American history would not have been achieved without the strong voices of determined women, risking their lives to show the world how much they truly cared. Women suffragists in the 19th century had a strong passion to change their lifestyle, their jobs around the nineteenth century were limited to just children, family, and domestic duties. It consisted of a very low rate of education, and job opportunities. They could not share their opinion publicly and were expected to support their male family members and husbands during the time. Women knew that the way to enfranchisement was going to be tenacious, and full of obstacles along the way. Therefore a new organization was formed, The National American Women Association (NAWSA), representing millions of women and Elizabeth Cady Stanton as the first party president. This organization was founded in 1890, which strategized on the women getting education in order to strengthen their knowledge to prepare for the suffrage fight. NAWSA mainly focused on the right to vote one state at a time. In 1917, a member named Alice Paul, split apart from NAWSA because of the organization’s tactics and major goals. Due to this split, many other suffragists from NAWSA bitterly divided into a new organization named, National Women’s ...
During the 19th century women around America began to fight for their right to vote which became the Suffrage Movement. The 19th amendment which is the bill that legally gave women in America the right to vote, was first introduced to American congress in 1878. On August 18th 1920 the amendment was implemented and ratified. However, between 1878 and 1912, nine western American states granted full voting rights to females. On may 21st 1919 the house of representatives passed the bill and within two weeks the American senate followed and approved the 19th amendment. It wasn’t until Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the amendment on August 18th 1920, that law was implemented and ratified around the country. Although, across the globe Australia already
Society has long since considered women the lessor gender and one of the most highly debated topics in society through the years has been that of women’s equality. The debates began over the meaning between a man and woman’s morality and a woman’s rights and obligations in society. After the 19th Amendment was sanctioned around 1920, the ball started rolling on women’s suffrage. Modern times have brought about the union of these causes, but due to the differences between the genetic makeup and socio demographics, the battle over women’s equality issue still continues to exist. While men have always held the covenant role of the dominant sex, it was only since the end of the 19th century that the movement for women’s equality and the entitlement of women have become more prevalent. “The general consensus at the time was that men were more capable of dealing with the competitive work world they now found themselves thrust into. Women, it was assumed, were unable to handle the pressures outside of the home. They couldn’t vote, were discourages from working, and were excluded from politics. Their duty to society was raising moral children, passing on the values that were unjustly thrust upon them as society began to modernize” (America’s Job Exchange, 2013). Although there have been many improvements in the changes of women’s equality towards the lives of women’s freedom and rights in society, some liberals believe that women have a journey to go before they receive total equality. After WWII, women continued to progress in there crusade towards receiving equality in many areas such as pay and education, discrimination in employment, reproductive rights and later was followed by not only white women but women from other nationalities ...
From 1815 to 1850, our country was very divergent from today. Back then, Women had no rights nor did they have the same rights as men. Women and enslaved people had no rights to hold legal title to property. And unfortunately, all of a wife´s possessions belonged to her husband. But women were not the only ones who had no equal rights, African americans had no rights as well. Back in 1619, slavery began. African americans had no rights and neither did they have freedom. They were owned by people and some worked on farms for their whole entire life. Later throughout the years, both Women and African americans were fighting for their rights. Fortanully, as of today, Women and African Americans have equal rights just as everyone else. The U.S.
Women were known for being the lady of the house. Their job was to be a good mother and wife to the husband. All they did was stay home and waited for the man to come home, their main job was to take care of them, and they got tired of it. Women didn't get any education, they were just taught the main things of being a housewife. As women got more and more tired of doing nothing, they wanted to be educated.
Throughout the centuries, women have faced sexual discrimination. Women have been detained from an education, and rights to vote. Throughout the centuries, women have been viewed lesser than men; incapable of doing anything but taking care of children. The Equal Right Amendment purpose is to create gender equality in our society. The Equal Right Amendment does not sacrifice the ideal of nuclear family because the structure of a family will remained the same.
I was thinking to myself about what you told me. It’s a lot of money you’re willing to give away but I understand. In this year 1913 there are a lot of problems all over America. What I must do is divide the money into three charities that need the most help. I believe the first one is Women’s suffrage. After that would be child labor and last would be the meat packing industry.