Alice Paul: The Women's Rights Movement

Using the United State’s very own Constitution and Declaration as ammunition, Anthony wrote countless speeches and called for the right to vote in a country that boasted equality and freedom for all, yet women were not included. Her outspokenness began an unstoppable and persistent women’s suffrage movement that inspired hundreds of rebellious women to keep fighting, even after Anthony’s death in 1906, which was fourteen years before the vote was gained. Susan B. Anthony’s speech,"Women 's Right to Vote," given at multiple locations in New York in 1873 for the purpose of women 's suffrage can be understood through the cultural lens of gender. How can the speech, "Women 's Right to Vote," by Susan B. Anthony given in New York in 1873 for the purpose of women 's suffrage be understood through the cultural lens of gender? In

Rosa Parks lived a long life, for her to say that her life was rebellious instead of the multitude of other options proves that she convicted and sure of what she was doing. Her stating rebellious also comes to the fact that she did the fighting personally, not behind a desk or quietly supporting. Parks also was fighting for equality a long time before the bus incident. Theoharis said, “...been challenging

They have no rights to participate in political life and thus having no dignity. The speaker Clinton struggled against it and fight for her rights. I think that’s why she participated in political life actively. In her speech, she first points out the problem that though many women are trying to fight for their rights, most people ignore them and look down upon them by presenting her experience of the different women. Then, the speaker draws forth the theme that we should speak for the women and lists the important functions that the women have on our society and families.

In the year 1913, Emmeline Pankhurst went to Hartford, Connecticut to deliver a speech to American women, invigorating them to support the suffragettes’ cause in England. Before one can understand the speech, one must know the historical context that landed Pankhurst in Connecticut. When feminism was becoming more common in Europe after World War I, many judged feminists harshly, describing them as a “shrieking sisterhood” and manly, neglecting their duties at home. The negative feedback made many women negligent to describe themselves as feminists(“Feminism in

This type of resistance was seen in 1929 when the Aba Women’s war that took place in Southeastern Nigeria. The Igbo women organized a sequence of protests as a result of the women feeling that their economic and political independence was being threatened by taxation policies that were being imposed by the colonizers. After a period of acquiescing to colonial rule, the women did not want to put up with any more inequalities. This led them to gather at administrative offices where they protested through dance and song. The protests intensified as the women became more aggressive and damaged European colonial property.

While Mandela was in prison, his reputation grew, and he became widely known as a symbol of change from apartheid in South Africa. Susan B. Anthony was as a suffragette who fought for women’s right to vote, despite the law saying differently. Susan B. Anthony was despised at the begging of her career, but that never stopped her in her fight for equality. In the 1872 presidential election, Anthony voted illegally and was arrested. Her trial consisted of an all male jury and, she was not permitted to speak on her own defense.

Throughout her speech she emphasizes the discrimination against women, using the right to vote, the roles in marriage, and unequal wages as her evidence. Pankhurst emphasized how women never had the right to vote. In her speech, she mentions two women that challenged Liberal Leader Sir Edward Grey by asking, "When are you going to give votes to women?" This shows how those two women were fearless and did not think about the consequences. They stood for what they thought was right, but the society reacted by rejecting them.

Equality is something that is important to all women and always has been. Women began standing up and speaking out against inequality when they had little to no rights, and have continued to do so to get to where equality is today. This all started with the women’s rights movement that formed during the reform period. But, how effective was this movement? Well, it brought women together through views and opinions to configure the women’s rights movement.

Pankhurst in Defense of Militancy During the Suffragette Movement 1916 was the year the first woman was finally elected to Congress. This was not from disinterest or a lack of qualifications, but because women had no rights. During the early 20th century, while men relaxed in the comfort of their homes, women waged a war. The fight for equality influenced women like Emmeline Pankhurst to become soldiers on the front lines in the fight for suffrage. Her speech, “Freedom or Death,” outlines the necessity of her militant methodology.

Protesters took to the streets protesting against the government, and this practically meant violence was an everyday occurrence in her lifetime. She suffered discrimination and harsh laws that were aimed at demoting the status of women in the society. Unlike in her younger years prior to 1980 when Marji lived freely and expressed herself without fear, the introduction of Islamic laws marked the beginning of the dark days in her life. The sight of violence and abuse of human rights was not