Beginning in the mid-19th century, women began to campaign for the right to vote. This struggle was long and difficult, and racism played a major role in it. White women who campaigned for suffrage were often reluctant to include women of color in their movements, and black women had to fight not only for the … Read more
I gracefully embrace a heroic quote in life that includes her words and her image: “That man over there says women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And arn’t … Read more
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a headstrong woman, who was determined to give women the rights they deserved. Her devoted mindset lead her to start the American Women’s Right Movement, as well as she began a solution for women suffrage (“Declaration”). So, she started the Declaration of Sentiments. The Declaration of Sentiments was written primarily by … Read more