“Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.” A well known women’s rights activist, Susan B Anthony said this. The fight for women’s rights is one of the many memorable events and movements that have taken place in our history. The female gender was considered less than the male gender. They weren’t able to vote, own property,work with the same pay as men, and had several other issues with being taken seriously. Although, strong, courageous women emerged from the crowds
Susan B. Anthony Susan Brownell Anthony, more commonly referred to as Susan B. Anthony, was an activist her entire life. Born February 15, 1820, Anthony was raised in an environment where Quaker ideals and activist traditions would influence her strong sense of justice and moral zeal. After her family moved from Massachusetts to Rochester, New York, the Anthony family became very involved in the antislavery movement. Many meeting were held at their farm almost every Sunday. Other antislavery Quakers
women did not always have the same rights as men did. If fact, the majority of women could not keep their own wages that they had earned until 1860, thanks to Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an American leader in the women’s rights movement during the Civil War era. Her amazing writing skills and perseverance helped her and women all across America get the rights that they deserved. Stanton was born November 12, 1815 in Johnstown, New York. Her father was an accomplished lawyer, who
Age. Immigrants are still doing horrible in the 1920s, ever since the Gilded Age started in 1870, where they got stuck working in factories in poor conditions instead of going out west and following their dreams. By the 1920s the Harlem Renaissance movement was going great and was successful in accomplishing its purpose, which is to create a culture for African Americans, but African Americans still faced lots of discrimination. Woman were doing ok since the 19 Amendment passed in the 20s and it granted