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Sara Mayhew
March 25, 2010
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Throughout history women have faced many struggles in order to be heard and seen, which has impacted the history of the world forever. Many women fought against all odds to gain the right to be equal, the right to vote, and the right to be educated. In order to celebrate women’s contribution to history, society, and culture, the month of March has been dedicated to women’s history.

 Women’s rights were a political hot topic for many European nations as well as the United States. One major topic was women’s suffrage, which was a major goal for many female organizations in the nation. Two very strong willed women, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, founded the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1869 in order to win the right to vote alongside men in an election. Going against the rules, Susan B. Anthony encouraged many women to register to vote and then vote, using the Fourteenth Amendment as their justification. On November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony and others attempted to vote; some, including Anthony, were arrested. Due to Anthony’s courage, the “Anthony Amendment,” which extended the vote to women, was introduced to Congress.

 The early nineteen twenties were a major time period for women’s rights. By the nineteen twenties women’s rights took a form of “alternative style trends” according to SparkChats.com. Most women began to wear flapper dresses, short haircuts, and took on masculine behaviors like smoking and drinking. Along with the change in the style, a change in history took place in 1920; Congress passed the 19^th Amendment, allowing women the right to vote.

 Education of women has overcome many obstacles in history. Men were given more education opportunities than women. Some women took it in their own hands to educate themselves and change the rest of the world’s views about women’s education. A few firsts in women’s history towards education have impacted the rest of the world today as we know it. One woman, Anne Bradstreet, was the first published woman writer in England, while Henrietta Johnston was the first known woman artist in South Carolina. Without the accomplishments of the many famous women – as well as the many women that are not as well known in history – women would not have as many rights as they do now, nor would they share the pride they have in themselves and other women.

 Women have made their mark on the world, may it be being the first African American woman poet like Phyllis Wheatley, or a young girl living in hiding from the Nazi police like Anne Frank. To women in the past, the boundaries on their lives and rights were not spread to their full extent, so they pushed the boundaries and succeeded. Many of the women fighting for what they believed was “right” knew that their particular fight may not have been won in their lifetime, but they new that one day their grandchildren’s children will be able to have what they didn’t.