Women’s right Assignment PDF
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Women’s right Assignment PDF
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1HISTORYIntroductionWomen’s right around the world have never been considered as equivalent to those of themen. Women tend to struggle for achieving recognition of equal legitimacy as that of the men.One of the most powerful rights is the right to vote. This right enables women to electrepresentatives that can address their issues in the legitimate and legal forums. The paper aims totarget the voting rights of the women in the early 18th century1. There are many reasons why thesuffrage movement of the women was a difficult right to achieve victory in the early years at theUnited States. Many of the leaders of the time refused to acknowledge the right to vote for thewomen. Although there are so much more, it was a difficult battle for the suffragist since theywere not only going against the men but also facing their own gender in their struggle.Discussion/BodyThe first ever convention on the rights of the women was organized by Elizabeth CadyStanton and Lucretia Mott on July 1948. The movement for the voting rights of the women or thesuffrage movement portrays the picture of the true story of how women belonging from variousstandards of the society in the U.S became radicalized for gaining the right to vote. The pressureof the suffrage movement in the early era failed to enable the access and authority of the womentowards the 14th and 15th Amendments, that was introduced by the Republicans in the Congressafter the civil war. The revolution for the voting rights of the women began in the year 1868 bythe initiative of Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Parker Pillsbury.The target of the National Woman’s Suffrage Association was to fight for an amendmentto the constitution. The woman suffrage association of America targeted to achieve suffrage inthe elections of the state. All the fights came to an end with the passing of the women’s suffrageamendment in 19182. The right to vote for the women was legalized at the 19th Amendment that1AKTHER, F., et al. "Women’s Right to Vote." PowerPoint slides.2Freeman, Eboni. "SYSTEMATIC VIOLENCE AGAINST FEMALE CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS IN UNTEDSTATES PENITENTIARIES." (2015).
2HISTORYwas passed in the year 1919 which finally enabled the women in the U.S to cast their vote andenjoy their civil rights in the presidential election of 1920.The struggle for the voting rights of the women dates back to the early era that includedmassive struggles and movements for achieving fundamental rights. The president of the U.S,Wilson had an indifferent attitude regarding the protest movement initially and the Senate votewent against the suffrage movement of the women. Furthermore, one of the notable events in thehistory of the suffrage movement was the night of terror. The night of 14 November in the year1917 at the Occoquan Workhouse in Lorton, Virginia is still recognized as a terror when 31suffrage activists were targeted with massive attacks for breaking and smashing the spirits of theactivists of the movement.Though the night of 14 November in the year 1917 was the night of terror and massiveabuse for many activists of the suffrage movement, this horrendous attack on the activistsbecame a turning point and nationwide publicity and it became easy for the activists to win votesfor the right for the women3. This conviction and the courage even after imprisonment andviolent attacks by the W.H. Whittaker failed to diminish the spirit among the activists andeventually inspired the public to join the movement for supporting the suffrage movement.A total number of 14 women from the state of New York were subjected to convictionand were sentenced on 14th November for their active participation in the silent non violentprotest in front of the White House gates4. The group of women among the total number of 31picketers was charged with blocking the sidewalk. The demonstrators furthermore demanded thatthe president Woodrow Wilson take initiate in the issue of the voting rights o the women. Someof the notable figures among the group of activists were Lucy Burns and Dora Lewis. They werethe active members of the National Women’s Party (NWP) and were arrested many times due totheir keen interest and participation in the suffrage movement. Lucy Burns organized campaignsduring the struggle and was the editor of the famous newspaper ‘the suffragist’. Furthermore,3AKTHER, F., et al. "Women’s Right to Vote." PowerPoint slides.4Dolan, Kathy.Voting for women: How the public evaluates women candidates. Routledge, 2018.
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