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Women’s Voting Rights Spreads Like Wildfire in the U.S.
on April 23, 2013 by lwaldron in Uncategorized, Comments (1)
Women’s voting rights was a hot topic trending in the United States from the year of 1896 through the year 1918. States such as Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Washington, California, Oregon, Kansas, Arizona, Alaska, Illinois, Montana, Nevada, New York, Michigan, South Dakota, and Oklahoma ignited the suffrage laws. Primarily, the mid-west and west coast were the initiators within the state Constitutional amendments. (See Women’s Voting Rights Map for more details)
Along with voting rights, women were finally starting to have a true voice in U.S. democracy. The United States is slower when it comes to reforming social issues than other countries. In comparison, European countries started adopting women’s suffrage laws later but the turnaround time for women to be elected to government-related positions in Parliament were increasingly fast. European women holding jobs in Parliament occurred before women in the United States were ever elected as an elected official in government.
Where did it all go down?
on April 22, 2013 by lwaldron in Uncategorized, Comments (0)
Wesleyan Chapel Church, of course!
Seneca Falls, NY– Home of the first Women’s Rights Convention at the Wesleyan Chapel Church
On the grand year of 1848 Susan B. Anthony and four additional women stormed the notion of creating rights for women. It was the beginning of a revolution or a well-known movement, one of the best in history. Revolutions are built in numbers, so the first Women’s Rights Convention was an igniting moment as women influenced new social reform. Quaker women such as, Lucretia Mott, were a commodity to have with the Women’s Suffrage Movement, because Mott provided certain speech skills to influence the group of women that were not all completely decided on the movement itself. Mott was the mover and shaker as a lobbyist to the group for most all of two days during July 19th and 20th as the Declaration of Sentiments was presented to the women. The Declaration of Sentiments was a legislative document that Elizabeth Cady Stanton created, and 100 out of the 300 people (68 women and 32 men) that attended the Seneca Falls Convention signed the legislation. This monumental and groundbreaking event in history was the prelude to the 19th Amendment; thus, changing the lives of women across America forever.
Overview of Feminism and Women’s Rights Suffrage Movement
on April 17, 2013 by lwaldron in Uncategorized, Comments (0)
“A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the charac ter of the user.” -Teddy Roosevelt
Think deeply about the world we live in today… Imagine if women made the first move, paid for the date, let their husbands cook every meal for them, the husband stayed home and cleaned, and the woman was the only one who went to work. It is a bit extreme, but these are the options or alternatives I believe women should have the choice of having.
The Women’s Suffrage Movement began with a simple indication in 1776 from Abigail Adams writing to her husband, John Quincy Adams, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to “remember the ladies” as he and others were creating the Declaration of Independence. This simple yet profound impact spurred not just a movement, but a revolution that is still progressing in present day. Unfortunately as anthropological studies have shown, women are still out-powered by men since there are no currently known matriarchy systems in the United States. This presentation will take the stance that the Feminist Movement gave women the power and voice to become Congressional Officials with the help of the 19th Amendment.