Personal Essay
Women - the female human being
(distinguished from man).
Observant- careful in the observing
of a law, custom, religious ritual, or the like.
Marvelous - such as to cause wonder,
admiration, or astonishment; Surprising;
Extraordinary -
exceptional in character, amount, extent, degree, etc. remarkable
Noteworthy -
worthy of notice or attention; notable
Why
did we build our country on freedom, independence, and liberty? For many years life as a woman was awful.
Women were not treated equal to men. Many women only had jobs as
wives: cooking,
cleaning, and catering to their husbands and children. It’s like men think
women shouldn’t -----.Some women didn’t mind being less than a
man; however, a lot of
them cared enough to stand up against our not so equal country. In this essay
I will talk about a couple of strong-minded women who stood out to me. I will
also make points about the actions women made to
make life as a woman equal to a man’s.
In between the years of
1800-1920 women fought hard for what they believed in; many of them were
arrested. Virginia Louisa Minor, the first woman to protest for women suffrage, took
action. She filed a suit against the state of Missouri when she was denied the
right to register to vote. Although her case was lost, it
brought a lot of attention to the rights of women. She had a rather simple
concern, a concern for women
suffrage, women’s right, and freedom. Women all over the world began
to protest.
Were
all men against women suffrage? No, in fact, Lucy Stone’s husband
Henry Blackwell led a group
called the
"American
Woman Suffrage
Association." Susan
B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton started another group called the
“National
Woman
Suffrage Association.” Both of these groups’
purpose was solely the same, so they eventually joined and became the “National
American Woman
Suffrage Association.”
It wasn’t till 1920 when women
were given the right to vote. It was a long and hard fight. I will not even mention the
fact that many women were placed in jail,
because they tried to vote. It took hundreds of years for women to be allowed
to vote; they still weren’t being treated the same as men.
1. Virginia Louisa
Minor, the first woman to protest for women suffrage, took action. (Appositive)
2. She had a
rather simple concern, a concern for women suffrage, women’s right, and
equableness. (amplification)
3. It’s like men
think women shouldn’t -----.(Aposiopesis)
4. I will not even
mention the fact that many women were placed in jail, because they tried to
vote. (apophasis)
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