By Shan-Cheng(Aimee) and Nicky
Many American women tried to make America a better place throughout the history. They worked for justice of the citizens and fought for their rights. Since the 1770s, women took a role in making history by protesting against Britain. Even normal housewives contributed by boycotting tea and British made clothes. The, they began to realize that they have been treated unequally and in 1848, at the Seneca Falls Convention, two women, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, started the first women's rights movement. Stanton issued a Declaration of Sentiments that demanded more rights and equality for women.
Their hard work paid off in 1920, when the United States passed the 19th Amendment, which granted the right to vote to women. At last, they had gained suffrage. However, they didn't always have success. In 1972 to 1982, they tried to pass the Equal Rights Amendment because they realized that they were paid less than men for equal work. However this wasn't ratified becuase people, men and women alike, thought that unwanted change would come out of it.
Even though they failed in passing the ERA, they gained strong positions politically, socially, and economically. The House of Representatives had 60 women and the Senate had 13 in the 107th Congress by 2001.
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7 comments:
This is full of good information with accurate dates. There is a typing error in the fourth paragraph though. I think you meant "They", not "The, they". Other than that, good job.
Very informative and well organized. The sentences flow well, but the "the" at the end of the first sentence seems like a typo.
I didn't know that the Equal Rights Amendment didn't pass in part because women thought it would cause bad changes. That's interesting.
You might want to read through it again to check for typos that the spell checker won't catch, such as putting "the" instead of "then." Otherwise, this is very nice.
Good job placing the events in chronological order. I did not know about that the equal rights amendment was also rejected by some women.
It's interesting to see how although it is mostly men written about in the textbooks, women have, and continue to play an important role in history
You did a good job organizing the whole series of events. In the first paragraph, there is a "The, they". I think you mean "then".
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