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Womens rights in the US throughout history.
Title: Womens rights in the US throughout history.
Category: History / North American History
Details: Words: 397 | Pages: 1.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Womens rights in the US throughout history.
The wanting for women's right has an on-going event. Women have been wanting equality
forever but didn't start doing anything about it until the 1770's. As American grew more and more
women became aware of the unequal status in Society. Especially their lack of suffrage or the
right to vote.
In 1848 two women, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, launched the first woman
suffrage movement in the United States, at the Seneca Fall Convention. During …showed first 75 words of 397 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 397 total…many women
who took jobs were preparing themselves for a lifetime career. The women's movement brought
women into the political arena in growing numbers. In 1969 women only held 3.5 percent of
elected state offices. By 1996, 25 percent of the elected state officeholders were women.
The women in Congress has also increased. In 1975 there were 19 women. And in 1997 it rose to
60 women. To top it off, the women's movement helped countless women open their lives to new
possibilities.
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