The Struggle for Women's Rights

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This paper looks at the main players in the fight for gender equality at the turn of the last century. It mentions key events and significant achievements of these suffragettes who fought their right to vote, to own property, and to assume leadership positions. It also looks at the establishment of the first feminist movements.

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"On July 13, 1848, the Women's Rights Movement began (Degler, 1980). Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a housewife and mother, talked about the status of women during a tea with four female friends. Stanton talked about her dissatisfaction with the limitations placed on women under America's new democracy, asking her friends to think about why women did not enjoy the same freedom as men, despite the fact that they had taken equal risks during the American Revolution (Degler, p. 96). Stanton and her friends agreed that the new republic would be better if women could take on greater roles in society. The women developed a plan to change things."

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