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In The Late 1800s And Early 1900s, Women Felt Discriminated
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| Term Paper Title | In The Late 1800s And Early 1900s, Women Felt Discriminated |
| # of Words | 14691 |
| # of Pages (250 words per page double spaced) | 58.76 |
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, women felt discriminated
against by men and by most of society. Men generally held
discriminatory and stereotypical views of women, which made
many women dissatisfied with their lives and made them, feel
their lives were unfulfilled and spinning out of control.
Discrimination spurred women to take action. Women began
to revolt, they began expressing the feelings they had bottled
up inside all along. Kate Chopin wrote The Awakening, which
helped other women to know they were not alone. In 1848,
women organized the Seneca Falls convention and the
Declaration of Rights and Sentiments. Later women
demanded suffrage and equal rights for all. Many famous
female leaders, from the Grimké sisters to Susan B. Anthony,
led women to form many organizations and associations in
order to preserve and uphold the rights they fought so hard
for. First, in 1848 women rebelled against men's stereotypical
views and organized the Seneca Falls convention.
Seventy-two years before the 19th amendment was added to
the constitution, women knew changes needed to be made.
Five women: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Mary Ann
McClintock, Jane Hunt, and Martha C Wright; came together
in Stanton's hometown of Seneca Falls, New York, and
arranged the First Woman's Rights Convention. They were
fed up with the laws prohibiting them from the right to vote,
hold office or sit on juries. "In most states they could only hold
property if they were single and could secure the
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