“If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him... We need not wait to see what others do.” — Mahatma Gandhi
It’s hard to make people listen. It’s hard to make people want change. And using violence brings a bad reputation to what one is trying to bring attention to. Thus, peaceful protesting and civil disobedience are important tools to positively impact a free society. Accepting the consequences of civil disobedience proves to the world that one will sacrifice whatever is necessary to achieve what they are fighting for, which strengthens their message even more.
In 1872, Susan B. Anthony, along with fourteen other women, was arrested. She didn’t stab a misogynistic man; she didn’t
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Anthony’s life, the United States did not recognize the voting rights of women. Although they were citizens of this country, they had no say as to what went on in the government. They had no true representation in government: an idea that the founding fathers of the United States of America had fought so hard for a mere one hundred years earlier. Anthony’s attempt to vote sparked the women’s rights movement to begin spreading the idea of women’s suffrage, which would soon become the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Anthony was arrested for her ballot, and she dealt with the legal consequences of her action. However, Anthony’s resistance to the law positively impacted society because it paved the way for the 19th amendment to be ultimately ratified in 1920: allowing the women in this nation the right to vote. Without Anthony, women today would not have the same legal rights that they do. Without Anthony, a strong woman would not have been able to win the popular vote of the nation in a presidential election. Due to Susan B. Anthony’s civil disobedience, maybe young girls and women in this country will someday soon be represented behind the desk in the oval
On November 18, 1872, Anthony was arrested by a U.S. Deputy Marshal for voting on November 5 in the 1872 Presidential Election, a couple weeks previous.Despite the obstacles in her lifetime, Susan B. Anthony never gave up. In 1920, fourteen years after Anthony's death, Congress made the 19th Amendment official, which states that adult women have the right to
In both the Ninetieth and Twentieth century, did women’s suffrage become a big deal. It all started, on November 1, 1873, when Susan B. Anthony entered a barbershop in Rochester, N.Y., insisting she had as much right to vote as any other man. After this incident, Susan B. Anthony became a primary activist for women’s suffrage. She affected women’s suffrage in many different ways. Anthony created organizations, demanded to change the United States Constitution, and not only helped women’s suffrage in the United State but around the world as well.
Susan B. Anthony fought to earn women the right to vote and her speech in 1872 made it clear that she would not give up easily after she illegally voted in the presidential election that year. Susan’s speech references the Federal Constitution as evidence that “It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.”. (Anthony) This powerful statement begs the question of the time. Are women persons? The decision to allow women to vote seems like a very simple one today but it was an arduous battle of civil rights at the time.
In her early 20s, Anthony was a teacher. She showed an interest in social reform. At a state teachers convention, she was called to fight for better pay for women. She believed there was no difference in the minds of a man or a woman. She spoke publicly about this. But not just for gender, for different races, and different religions. And because of Anthony, women were admitted into university for the first time.
In 1873 Susan was arrested in new york at the age of 53. She was arrested because she went to vote and women were not allowed to vote. A judge in new york ordered her to pay a fine of $100 for trying to vote but she never paid it in fact she refused. In a speech she said “the rights of americans are for we the people the people not we the white male
She also wrote The Declaration of Sentiments, calling for changes in the society. she called for equality for women and demanding the right to vote as a citizen. She also declared that men and women are equal. Stanton was also the founder of the National Women Suffrage Association. She also wrote many speeches to support the women’s rights. She addressed issues beyond voting right, including divorce, custody right, property right and employment. Sojourner Truth play in the women’s right movement by advocating equality and justice. She gives speeches at the women’s right convention in Worcester. She argued for women reform activism. Susan B. Anthony play in the women’s rights movement by dedicated her life to the women’s right. She delivered messages and called for equality for all people. She was the vice president of the National Women Suffrage Association. She campaigned for women’s right and visited towns to speak about women’s suffrage. Anthony was arrested because she voted illegally. She could not be the witness because she’s a women. During the court, she speak out and argued against the injustice of being denied the right to vote. Mary Church Terrell was a leader of black women’s suffrage movement. She asked white suffragist do not forget forget black women. She fought for equality through social and education reform. She was the president of the National Association of Color women. She became active in the suffrage movement and speaking out for women’s right to vote, especially for black women. The role that Alice Paul in the women's right movement was that she’s She fought for women's suffrage by leading demonstrations and protesting. She was a leader of the National Woman's Party. She and her followers picket the White house. They stand in silent with banners protesting against administrator who
Susan B. Anthony was a suffragist, abolitionist, writer and speaker who was the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for voting illegally in the 1872 presidential election. Fuming at the discrimination, she embarked on a speaking tour in support of female voting rights, amid which she gave this discourse. Susan B. Anthony appeals to her audience in multiple ways. Her target audience is a jury loaded with white men attempting to determine whether she ought to be arrested for violating the law. This whole discourse was produced, in light of the fact that ladies amid this time were not permitted to vote. In her speech, "On Women's Right to Vote," Susan B. Anthony contends that ladies merit the privilege to vote, utilizing appeals to pathos, logos and ethos keeping in mind the end goal to reinforce her contention.
“It took 400 years after the declaration of independence was signed and 50 years after black men were given voting rights before women were treated as full American citizens and able to vote.” A women named Susan B. Anthony was one of those women struggling to be the same as mankind. Susan B. Anthony worked helped form women’s way to the 19th amendment. Anthony was denied an opportunity to speak at a convention because she was a woman. She then realized that no one would take females seriously unless they had the right to vote. Soon after that she became the founder of the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1869. In 1872, she voted in the presidential election illegally and then arrested with a hundred dollar fine she never paid.” I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.”(Anthony) When Susan B. Anthony died on March 13, 1906, women still didn’t have the right to vote. 14 years after her death, the 19th amendment was passed. In honor of Anthony her portrait was put on one dollar coins in
Susan B. Anthony, a catalyst for women’s rights in the late 1800’s, drives a speech on Women’s Right to Vote (Fall of 1872) that argues against the oligarchy of sex that denies women their certain inalienable rights. Anthony develops her argument against the establishment by stating her case that she is indeed not guilty of any crime, but exercised her right as an American citizen to vote for our Presidential leader, as well as reciting the preamble of the Federal Constitution to back her argument. The purpose in which is to fight against the laws that hinder her ability as a citizen of the United States of America. Anthony is driving this speech to anyone who will listen, as she says “ Friends and fellow citizens,” and stand with her in the cause for women’s rights.
Susan B. Anthony entered the juryless courtroom. A judge sat before her. Just shortly after she arrived, Anthony said, “I have many things to say. My every right, constitutional, civil, political and judicial has been tramped upon. I have not only had no jury of my peers, but I have had no jury at all” (ecssba.rutgers.edu). Anthony stressed that the laws were not fair only because they were created by men. The courtroom tensed as she made more points clearly proving the judge wrong about the laws made forth in the United States. Susan B. Anthony refused to sit, fearing that it would be her last chance to speak her freedom in the courtroom. The tension was brewing and the judge continued to rebut Anthony’s firm arguments. She made it clear that it was biased laws that were being created against women. Anthony wanted to change that. Her confident statements about her fine for one-hundred dollars because of her decision to vote even though it was against the law, made the courtroom quiet. Many uncomfortably shifted back and forth in their chairs, looking at Anthony’s every movement. Anthony maintained a calm, yet effective speech despite the pressure upon her. She continued to state that it was only wrong of her to vote because she was a woman, and that she was not being treated like a human being as stated in the amendments. Susan B. Anthony, women’s rights fought the injustice. She spent
Susan B. Anthony’s speech on women’s rights to vote explains the fact that women deserve the right to vote in America just as much as men do. Upon giving this speech, Anthony was recently arrested for voting in the most recent presidential election. By giving this speech, she intended to prove the innocence of herself and all women trying to vote. Anthony first makes the point that women are equal citizens to men. Then she makes several grievances to the Constitution, arguing that the document protects the rights of all citizens of the United States of America, even quoting it. Finally, she points out that one of these protected rights is that to vote, stressing her point that as an American citizen, she is entitled to her right to vote. These
Susan Brownell Anthony was a magnificent women who devoted most of her life to gain the right for women to vote. She traveled the United States by stage coach, wagon, and train giving many speeches, up to 75 to 100 a year, for 45 years. She went as far as writing a newspaper, the Revolution, and casting a ballot, despite it being illegal.
In the early stages of the year 1873, social reformer, women's rights advocate, proponent of feminism, Susan B. Anthony, shed’s light on women being able to have a lawful right to vote, with an influential speech, that leads to equality for women and men, this protest coordinates women and voting, but also opens opportunity for women in everything that they do. Susan B. Anthony supports her claims in a forceful manner, by explaining the amount of suffrage taking place in women's lives, as a result of the lack of rights they have, she gives a valid example by explaining her arrest, for “the alleged crime of having voted at the last presidential election, without having a lawful right to vote”, she states that she did not commit a crime, she just exercised her rights as a citizen guaranteed by the National Constitution. Anthony’s purpose is to exert the rights for women that are in the Constitution, that are being overlooked by the United States Government. She establishes a compelling tone for whom it applies to.
In the late 1800’s through the early 1900’s, women were not given the rights they have today and were being mistreated, but because of a few brave women who gave up their lives to fight for what they knew was right, this all changed. Many of these women were educated and brave, but were still denied their rights. Women have suffered through this long battle to get what they knew they deserved and took time out of their lives to fight for what they believed in, which was to have a voice. Women wanted to get the same respect that men were given. The women’s suffrage movement was not only in the United States, but it was all over the world. It took the women’s suffrage movement many years to work and come through, but women were finally able to vote and have the same rights as men. Through their work in the suffrage movement, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony and many more changed the role of women in society.
Anthony was under arrest for tried and fined for voting in the presidential election of the US. Meanwhile, she did not only committed a crime, but she simply exercised her rights as citizens. A right that is a warranty to all united states citizens by the constitution. So why Anthony can exercise her right to vote, in addition just because she is a woman for any states that make sets of qualification that must ever result in one entire half of the people it is to promote and is a violate the supreme law of the united states. “It was we the people; not we, the white citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens: but we the people who formed the union. And we formed it, not to give the blessing of liberties, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of the posterity, but to the people women as well as men” Susan B. Anthony speech of 1813, does not do only motivated young women, but also black people to reclaim their right as citizens of the united states and stop the racism and sexism slurs. Ironically they were also members of the constitution and they deserve the right to vote, they were people not to the half of the people but simple citizens but the voice of the country they formed the union and Susan B. Antony, she give them the strength to stand out for our rights and equality, but that doesn't mean the world would be