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"The declaration of Independence" - Thomas Jefferson
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"Declaration of the Rights of Man"- National Assembly of France
This was to bring rights to all men and for them to be equal as all citizens should be. Although the movement was passed, it excluded women from those same rights as men even though they were citizens too. The rights that a man should have were being equal, freedom of speech and views, but also to be safe under the government. So the declaration is what brought notice to being equals and what started the thought of bringing women the same rights. -
Olympe de Gouges, The Declaration of the Rights of Woman
Women should be able to have the basic rights that a man does in the Declaration of Rights of Men. Women have done so much in this world and things wouldn’t be where they are now if they didn’t prove to be equal to men. Men and women are equals they are humans and women need to wake up and rise up to these views and take what should belong to them. -
"Address Delivered at Seneca Falls"- Stanton
Let women make choices for themselves and not at the hands of a man so they can live with the consequences of that choice. How a woman should be free like a man is free to be equal whether that is in a hard time or good but they should have the same response to what they have done. Women are not completely equal for they know a man has a more physical aspect but a woman's mind is far more advanced. -
"Ain't I a women" - Truth
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Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance. She is very well known for her speech "Ain't I a Woman" This talked about the unfair lives and rights of African Americans and women and how they are not treated right. She was the main face of slavery and a woman activist she helped bring out the wrongs of the nation and bring rights to women. -
Lucretia Mott
American Quaker, abolitionist, women's rights advocate, and social reformer Lucretia Mott. When she was one of the women left out of the World Anti-Slavery Convention, she came up with the notion of changing the status of women in society. She was elected the first president of the American Equal Rights Association in 1866, a group established to advance equality for women and African Americans. -
Woman Suffrage Parade- Event
They rallied for a national amendment on woman suffrage by organizing thousands of marchers in collaboration with the National American Woman Suffrage Association. As a sign of strength and commitment to get the vote, the event attracted women from all around the nation to Washington. Women's suffrage was in the news for weeks as a result of the expensive parade and the nearly violent riot that nearly put an end to it. -
Jeannette Rankin became the first woman elected to Congress
Her being elected gave women a big stepping stone into women's rights by having a woman in power help get the word out for them. She is part of what got the 19th amendment put into place but also gave rights to women before it was announced. While working on the Committee on Woman Suffrage and introducing the topic for discussion on the House Floor, she continued the campaign for the right to vote. -
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Along with helping women attain the right to vote, she also fought for women's property rights and ending slavery. She also helped create the first organized demand for woman suffrage in the United States. This pushed for some of the major movements through out the women's rights movement. -
"The Feminine Mystique"
The restricted role that society has assigned to middle-class American housewives in The Feminine Mystique is what makes them unhappy. Women are shown to be something that cleans the house, takes care of the children, and their husbands but they are more than that and this book showed the world how women truly feel about those stereotypes. The bestseller book ignites the contemporary women's rights movement. -
The Voting Rights Act was signed
It prohibited the discriminatory voting practices implemented in several southern states following the Civil War, such as the requirement of passing literacy tests in order to cast a ballot. This gave a chance for not only women to vote but also for African Americans to have a better chance of voting. This gave a more equal chance for all people to be equal which helped move the Women's rights movement. -
"Senate Testimony on the ERC"- Steinem
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Gloria Steinem
American journalist, political activist, and feminist Gloria Steinem. Since the middle of the 20th century, she has been a prominent voice for feminism and has contributed to the founding of numerous organizations and publications that advance civil rights. She helped to found the Women's Action Alliance and the National Women's Political Caucus. She also inspired women to fight for their rights, to take risks, and to defend the rights of others. -
Dorothy Pitman Hughes
Dorothy Pitman Hughes was an American feminist, child-welfare advocate, activist, public speaker, author, and small business owner. Dorothy co-founded the Women’s Action Alliance and founding National Black Feminist Organization. She was good friends and colleagues with Gloria Steinem which created a balance with in the movements of rights amongst people of color and women. -
Speech to Naval Academy- Steinem, and Hughes
This speech was to bring in facts about race and women on how they have been treated as people, at work, and in relationships. Gave facts was able to give them a way to talk about their own life in the world and how they were starting out. This gave them a chance to talk to people and get people to truly understand how white males in particular have a benefit on who they are and are seen as better even if Women have done so much to build the world. -
woman's right to abortion under Roe v. Wade
Abortion has been a conflict for many years before this event and continues to be here today. This event is what made women have a major protest and go to Congress about the rights women should have to their own bodies no matter if it conflicted with the stereotypical women. This put them into the rights of their own mind and body giving more freedom to women in the Women's rights movement. -
"Harvey Weinstein is my Monster Too"- Hayek
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"The Gendered History of Human Computers"- Clive Thompson
Women have always been treated as less than and this article it shows that even if they are doing the same things they won’t be treated the same. Such as the women getting paid less than half of what men are paid for even though it’s the same job. Women also have gone through constant harassment from men when saying their work was inadequate or bad just because they are human. -
"Barbie Monolgue"- Ferrara
