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SUFFRAGE & THE FEMINISM MOVEMENT




                               Suffrage by Ellen Perry

                     We, the people of the great United
             States of America, must understand that
             women are just as important men. We deserve
             everything a man is granted and that is what
             we are fighting for now. Women have never
             been, and will never be second-class citizens;
             we are just as worthy of the vote as men.
             Women have made much advancement, yet we
             are far less equal to men in the eyes of the law.
             Suffrage means equality and equality means
             women finally being granted the rights we
             deserve.
                     As we enter the twentieth century we
             look at all we have done, all the progress we,
             Americans have seen and still see that over
             half of the US citizens cannot and have never
             been able to vote. Yet the elected government
             expects every citizen to pay taxes and follow
             the laws. That just doesn’t make sense. It’s not
             logical. When you demand that of someone,
             you should give them some say in what they
             are agreeing to. Otherwise it is hard to classify
             what we have as a democracy.
                     Though men and woman are very
             different in nature, femininity is something to
             be proud of. It’s something that both unites us
             and makes us different at the same time. It
             should be exciting! The difference of thought
             can prove useful and helpful in political,
             social, and economic platforms. The different
             upbringings can show different emotions,
             which maintain different opinions, which help
             push to the goals we desire.
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