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    is the First Amendment, which is also the most relevant to america today. The first amendment protects the freedoms of religion, speech and the press, as well as the right to assemble peacefully and petition the government if necessary. The Founding Fathers of the Constitution created this Amendment to insure that individual's’ rights will not be violated under federal legislature. Today, the First Amendment's’ importance has recently been under fire as many opinions are causing controversy within

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    law, especially the main three, Universal declaration of human rights, the international covenant on civil and political rights, and the international covenant on economic, social and cultural rights. E.g. under article two of the UDHR, “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status’ . Similar restrictions

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    unjust society. Most people know Susan B. Anthony as a teacher or writer, but she has done so much more than that. Considering her many contributions to women’s rights, readers can conclude that Susan B. Anthony devoted her life to numerous associations as well as other movements. She depicted an impact and change in her legacy as an American civil rights hero. Born in Adams, Massachusetts, Susan Brownell Anthony became the second of eight children on February 15, 1820 (history.com). Growing up, Susan

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    1848 The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women’s rights convention, called for women’s suffrage The convention adopted the Declaration of Sentiments based on the Declaration of Independence. Only two of the participants of the convention were able to live to see the addition of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. This amendment gave women the right to vote. The convention was the first of its kind. The convention did have a significant impact in the long run, but it was seen by

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    inferior to men and were denied many rights that we have now. Women struggled to achieve their civil rights. On Election day in 1920, millions of American women voted for the very first time. On August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment was passed. Women suffrage caught the nation attention first in July 1848 at Seneca Falls, New York. More than 300 women gathered to commence the women’s suffrage movement. This movement was led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the convention implemented a Declaration of Sentiments

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    During the Great Depression every aspect of American life was greatly affected. The low spirits of the American people were soon transformed when Franklin D. Roosevelt began his presidency. While in office, Franklin D. Roosevelt created a package of social programs known as the New Deal. The New Deal was developed to help raise the spirits of Americans, find a solution for unemployment, and assist those that were in need. Throughout Roosevelt’s presidency, his wife Eleanor Roosevelt played the role

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    The political party is an organization of people who share similar ideas about the way the country should be governed. Political parties perform important tasks in government. In fact, “political parties select candidates and check the other party. Political parties also inform the public. Most importantly, they organize the government” (Political Parties, n.d.). The history of U.S political parties begins with the Federalists and their opponents the Anti-Federalists who became the Democratic-Republicans

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    In their National Convention speech, both Michelle Obama and Melania Trump used rhetorical conventions to persuade the audience to elect their husbands as the next President of the United States. To begin with, both women use ethos to show the audience that their husbands are capable of becoming the next president. Both women build credibility on their husbands by voicing admirable qualities each of them have. For example, Michelle Obama states that Barack Obama is a very smart, caring, dignified

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    taking care of the family. It is evident that the “prevailing beliefs and values concerning women’s proper role were predominantly ascriptive insofar as they involved around the certainty that differences between the sexes mandated their role to be separate and distinct” (Davis p.13). However, after numerous disappointments, Elizabeth Cady Stanton succeeded in her work to fight for women’s and slaves’ rights by changing the social and political settings within the United States of America. I plan on

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    were not allowed to sit at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London because they were female so they organized the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. The Declaration of Sentiments, written by Stanton, talked about the need for equality among men and women, including voting rights. From there, the suffrage movement progressed. (Weatherford, 2000) Suffragettes fought for women's right to vote, but feminism included more than that. It included legal rights, financial independence and the relationship between

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