Women s Movement Of The United States - 1438 Words

Women’s Movement Have you ever asked yourself why people are different from each other? There is a lot of differences such as intelligence, opinions, appearances, personalities, and genders which, in my opinion, are the most important one. Genders usually represent the differences and also similarities between female and male, or women and men. In general, men usually have different responsibilities and duties as women. From history to modern time, the differences between women and men has changed a lot. It’s nearly 70 years ago, that fight for women’s suffrage began in the United States. The Women’s Movement is a movement to combat sexual discrimination and to gain full legal, economic, vocational, educational and social rights and†¦show more content†¦Just imagine reversing gender roles and you are men in the 19th century, there is practically nothing you can do about anything, but to stay home and cook. The first gathering devoted to women’s rights in the United States was held July 19-20, 1848, in Seneca Falls, New York. The principal organizers of the Seneca Falls Convention were Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a mother of four from upstate New York and the Quaker Abolitionist Lucretta Mott. About 100 people attended the convention; two-thirds were women. Stanton drafted a â€Å"Declaration of Sentiments, Grievances and Resolutions,† that echoed the preamble of the Declaration of Independence: â€Å"We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men and women are created equal.† Among the 13 resolutions set forth in Stanton’s â€Å"Declaration† was the goal of achieving the â€Å"sacred† right of franchise.†3 The sometimes-fractions suffrage movement that grew out of the Seneca Falls meeting proceeded in successive waves. Initially, women reformers addressed social and institutional barriers that limited women’s rights; including family responsibilities, a lack of educational and economic opportunities and the absence of a voice in political debates. Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, a Massachusetts teacher, met in 1850 and forged a lifetime alliance as women’s right’s activists. For much of the 1850’s,