How Does Photography Affect The Women's Movement?

The women’s rights movement has been influenced by the words and writings of many. Two influential people in the movement include Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Abigail Adams. These women paved the way for equality across the United States of America. Without these women speaking out and advocating in their different ways, equality in the country would be much farther

The subject of women’s rights have been a controversial issue before the 20th century. Susan B Anthony is known for her feminist remarks throughout her life. She was an abolitionist as well as a suffragist who believed in women’s rights to equality. Before becoming a leader in the women’s voting rights movement, Anthony was a teacher. According to biography.com, Anthony “partnered with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and would eventually lead the National American Women’s Suffrage Association,” (Biography.com). She is known for being a leading activist. Without women like Susan B. Anthony, women might have not had the same freedoms they have now.

Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association and Lucy Stone and other women formed the American Woman Suffrage Association.

One women activist was Susan Brownell Anthony who was born February 15, 1820 in South Adams, Massachusetts (“Susan B. Anthony”). Susan B. Anthony was a great woman who was determined to change women’s rights. For example, there is a quote that states, “Susan B. Anthony dedicated her life to the cause, the woman Suffrage Movement” (qtd. in “Susan Brownell Anthony”). Through Susan’s life

Women’s Rights was and still is a major issue throughout the entire world, but more specifically, in the United States of America. Women have been treated unjustly for awhile. From being beaten by their husbands, to not being able to own property if they were married, women have been through it all. Many of these situations started to change because of a group of women that decided to stand up for what they believe in. A few activists that helped improve the rights of women are Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucretia Mott.

Before starting this project, I knew very little about photography, photographers, or exactly how much impact photographical images have had on our society. I have never taken a photography class, or researched too in depth about specific pictures or photographers. This project has allowed me to delve deeper into the world of photography in order to understand just how much influence pictures can have over society’s beliefs, emotions, and understandings’. I have have chosen two highly influential photographers, Diane Arbus and Dorothea Lange, who I have found to both resonate with me and perfectly capture human emotions in way that moves others.

Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Alice Paul took to the stage to pave the way for women of the future dating as far back as 1848. Such is the case for all dissent, their fight was proven patriotic when we changed an amendment in the United States Constitution to meet the demands of the people. Not only that but we honor and commend their protest everyday as we continue to recognize that suffrage to all citizens remains a major component of modern democracy. America was temporarily taken by the people and as Megan Gibson said 5 years ago in her article for TIME “while many women were injured, public outrage at the violence translated to wider support for the suffrage movement.”

(Hannam 296) During the Anti-Slavery Movement, she had valuable experience in public speaking and running poilitical organizations through her work in the abolishionist movement. (298 ) in the process women were generally discouraged from taking active part in public life and expected to join women only groups in support of male organizations (ibid) While Elizabeth Cady Stanton is best known for her long contribution to the woman suffrage struggle, without her struggles these issues wouldnt have been effective in winning property rights for married women, equal guardianship of children, and liberalized divorce laws. These reforms made it possible for women to leave marriages that were abusive of the wife, the children, and the economic health of the family.

Women, such as Alice Paul were essential in gaining women the right to vote. Reasons on how women got the right to vote was the Protesting at the White house and the Iron Jawed Angels in 1918. This can be seen in go.galegroup.com in the Article “The National Women’s party trials. As the author, Dupont states that a reasonable number of women had protested outside of the Whitehouse that got arrested after obstructing traffic. Paul was arrested numerous times along with multiple other women and refused while having hunger strikes causing them to get forced- fed in their lives was her way of showing how important it is for women to have their freedom and the right to vote.

These influential women are most widely known suffragist of their generation and has become icons of the women suffrage movement. These independent, bold, and intelligent female pioneers paved the way for so many women different races, and nationalities to come together as one for a common cause. These women are known today as idols, icons, and activists. Those women that took a stand when no one else would be: Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucy Stone. These women believed that all American women, just like men, deserve the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.

Florence Nightingale was born on May 12, 1820 in Florence Italy. Nightingale became a Nurse against her parents’ wishes, but she was not just any nurse, she was thee Nurse. Florence Nightingale’s actions during and after the Crimean War made a lasting impact on the medical field including hospital practices, sanitary practices, and wartime practices. She made numerous strides in the medical field before her death on August 13, 1910. As a result, billions of people owe their very lives to her. A little over two decades after Nightingale’s birth a man by the name of Thomas Carlyle introduced the notion that history was made due to the intelligence and actions of a few “Great Men”.

When measuring the organizational contributions of the many workers for woman suffrage, most would credit Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt, Lucretia Mott, Alice Paul, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucy Stone had the most influence in winning the vote for American women. The effect of this victory was then felt worldwide, as women in other nations were inspired directly and indirectly to win the vote for themselves. (Frances)

Photography is not only about the colors ,exposure or something like that! for my understanding to the photography, the photography is the story which fail to put into words. as a great article, it must be impressed people and make people thinking deeply. similarly, the photography for me is not just a simple looking, it's about feeling. because the photography is an art of observation. As a great photographer Robert Frank once said that "there is one thing the photograph must contain , the humanity of the moment". At the early time, I consider be a "VICTORIA'S SECRET" photographer is the most attractive job as a male photographer. but after I have seen Robert Frank's most famous work "The Americans", It had changed my understanding of the meaning of photography. the people considered it as one of most seminal work 20th century image because his works altered the way americans looked at themselves, the truly one. what it teaching me? the great photography is not about depth of field , but depth of

Without these influences, there is great speculation as to how the women and the movement would be today. Education and the status of women have positively impacted the movement in creating further progressive reforms by and for the sake of women. Education for women over time slow adjusted to the needs of society and is now easily available for both men and women alike. The “first feminist” of Japan were able to creates social and political advancements for women based of their journey out west. The relationships they made with American feminist are pivotal to their efforts made in Japan. Even though some people in society do not see the impact that the west has made in Japan, it is noted that these works did form after it was created in the West. The visual appearance of influence has been seen with Japanese women. Clothing, body image, and beauty are all fast pace additions that are still changing in today’s society. As the West changes, the influence it will have all over the world, specifically in Japan, will also change. This theme goes hand in hand with each other and will still have power for years to

The feminist art movement was not the only struggle sweeping the nation during the 1960s 70s and 80s. The feminist art movement was a smaller part of the feminist movement which began in the 1960s. The feminist movement in America fought against the social, political, and economic oppression that forced women to live in accordance to what their husbands and men in general wished. Laws such as the “head-and-master” law which was enforced in all but four states until 1980s stated all married women were subject to their husbands therefore they had no say in their husband’s economic decisions regardless of how outrageous they were. Marital rape was not considered a real crime and would not completely be until 1993. The notion that women were inferior