Women Power

Hey bloggers, most if not all my blogs have been about the African-American civil rights movement, but this blog I am acknowledging  women not black or white but the gender in general. Women going all the way back to colonial times never had a voice a in anything important. Women being able to vote, wear what they want, or even own there on property at one point of time. Men in history believed all women were good for was cooking and giving birth. In fact black men were able to vote almost half a century before women could in general. I wonder why men treated women so unfairly? The thought of women with any type of power did not come until the year 1848

In 1848 The first women convention was held in New York (Imbornoni). This convention started the beginning of a change. A rough estimate of sixty-eight woman and thirty-two men signed a Deceleration of Sentiment, this deceleration was a way of women showing their demand to vote (Imbornoni). I am sure those thirty-two men got looked upon harshly for being the first to decide a change needs to be taken place. Women came of a point of view of natural rights, they believed that is was a born american right to have a say in any political issue that governs them and they did deserve it.

Susan B. Anthony was the Martin Luther King of her movement, she was hated at first by a lot of men for  her leadership of starting this women revolt (Imbornoni). Anthony along with others started the NAWSA (National American Women Suffrage Association), This association main goal was to be treated equally among others. A interesting fact about this group is they weren't so equal themselves at first, black women weren't apart of this group of females at first (Imbornoni). There goal was to aim for all white women to have a chance to vote the first three years of there movement. Until Anthony realized that all the women together no matter what color were stronger then separated.

As black and white women joined together the first group that wasn't segregated were the WTUL (National Women's Trade Union League (Imbornoni). This league improved the conditions and wages of all women no matter what color (Imbornoni). Women have surely came along way from these times of campaign, I wonder how women of the 21st century would go about all of this if they were in there shoes with all the knowledge today. It is very clear that women have a voice today to even almost seeing a women president in office, to them being judges doctors and all other figures of power.

Reasons why I think men feel or felt women weren't worth any power came from strength, Men being competitive naturally a women couldn't compare when it came to strength or anything physical. There emotions during "Mother Natures Week", instead of thoughtful thinking can determine there judgement. Another reason would be the inactivity of women during pregnancy logically women just aren't capable doing as much as they could if they were not pregnant and that phase is nine months as we all know.      


Imbornoni, Ann-Marie T. "Women's Rights Movement in the U.S." Infoplease. Infoplease, 14 Sept. 2007. Web. 01 Apr. 2014. <http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womenstimeline1.html>.