"Battle for Suffrage" Article and The Women's March
I chose to write about this article and the Women's March on Washington in January of 2017 because it is interesting that protesting for women's rights is still occurring now. Obviously, women do have the right to vote today (thanks to the suffragists and women's rights supporters of the 19th and 20th centuries), but there are still many things that men have gender privilege over women on. The article linked to this blog talks about the things hundreds of thousands of people marched for this past January, right after President Trump's inauguration. The "Battle for Suffrage" article mentions how in 1913, there was a huge suffragist walk right after Woodrow Wilson's inauguration. Prior to this, there was already a large women's rights movement occurring to fight for women's rights and suffrage. This article connects to the Women's March because many of the aspects of both marches are the same. For example, both the old marches and the January 2017 march both grew huge crowds and had well-known feminists at the marches. Gloria Steinem made a speech at the Women's March this past January as well as many celebrities that brought attention to the cause. Also, in the early 1900s, there were protests of many things in Congress that were not being passed including the 19th amendment. Likewise with the 2017 march, people were protesting things other than women's rights, such as environmental laws and immigration policies.
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