Why+is+this+a+civil+rights+issue?


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Women's rights is a civil rights issue because women were discriminated because of their sex. The definition of civil rights is-the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality. Women were not having the same rights as men, which frustrated them. Women tried for over 50 years to win the right to vote. This time period (mid 1800's to the early 1900's) was called the __Suffrage Movement__. Women like Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Alice Paul all were full of dedication and worked really hard for their freedom. Before the 19th amendment was passed, women weren't allowed to own their own land, speak in public, or even get a good education. The world believed men were way more important than women because people claimed that men were smarter and tougher. This practically got all women mad. New Zealand was the only country that had women allowed to vote I think that women's rights is definitely a civil rights issue. It was a major conflict and if Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, girls and women today wouldn't be in school, fighting in the army, and they would be at home cooking and cleaning. The Declaration of Sentiments, made by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucretia Mott, declared the women should be respected by the society. Everyone deserves equal rights, no matter what they gender they are. (NOT finished) Home