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Feminist Sociology

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There are countless women throughout history who have shaped the course of Feminism. It can be accredited to Elizebeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott for their role in the Seneca Falls Convention. This women's rights movement was the first in American history beginning in July of 1848. A couple years later, in the early 1850s, Susan B. Anthony, an abolitionist who also spoke for women's rights, worked with Elizabeth Cady Stanton to motivate law and policy makers to create equality for women during the Reconstruction. These women rights activists began a long string of events that would lead the more equality for women. These rights are still being fought for today. In 1880, a historian and author, Nancy Woloch wrote for the publics support stating, "a crusade in political education by women and for women, and for most of its existence, a crusade in search of constituency". Nancy Woloch brought attention to the feminists movement which encourage many women in western states to plea for their right to vote. Many decades went by where women continue to earn their rights and it wasn't until 1915 when the suffragist, Carrie Chapman Catt began to lead to the National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA) after already being a former president. It was Carrier Chapman Catt who allowed for the "winning plan" that granted women the ability to serve in the Congress. It was 1917 when Jeannette Rankin of Montana partook in the 65th Congress, making her the first women to serve in Congress. This was a huge step forward for women in politics and asserting equality throughout America.

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) - an American writer and women's writes activist in the 19th century

Susan B. Anthony (1820-1908) - born into a Quaker family, she was a reform

Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) - a suffrage leader who campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment, gave women the right to vote

Jeanette Rankin (1880-1973) - the first women in Congress, a Republican Representative from Montana, a women's rights activist

Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) - a French existentialist, writer, and social theorist

Grace Lee Boggs (1915-2015) - an American author, philosopher, and politician