essay #27415

Topic: Women Of The 1800`s

Type of paper:	Research Paper
Subject area:	American History
Academic level:	College
Style:	MLA
Size:	41.3 kB
Word count:	1939
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Date submitted:	2008-11-21 20:39:03
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The recognition of the rights of women in not only American history but
world history is relatively new . For thousands of years , women were
seen as submissive and as second class citizens to their male
counterparts , and sadly , this is still the prevailing ideology in many
countries in the Middle East and Asia even today . When the th century
Philosopher Voltaire said : ``All the sentiments of men are not worth one
sentiment of women ' Miller , Joan . The History of the Women 's
Liberation Movement . Chicago : University of Chicago Press .p .
He was not representative of the ideology of his countrymen or basically
any culture in the world at that time . In America , the Progressive
movement of the early th century , actually had its roots in the reform
movements , brought on mostly by women , in the first half of the th
century . The Christian Temperance Movement , which eventually led to
Prohibition , had its roots in the th century and its efforts were
mostly fueled by women . As it is the case with most social movements ,
its origins are steeped in the past . The American Women 's movement is no
different and the women of today who enjoy a wider range of freedom than
ever before owe a special gratitude to the pioneers of the past .
Even with the passage of the th Amendment in July , which gave
African Americans the right to vote , yet did not do the same for women ,
the completion of the women 's suffrage movement seemed like...

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