In the video they discuss the role of African American women in the women’s suffrage movement in the United States. It features well-known black suffragists like Ida B. Wells, Mary Church Terrell, and Sojourner Truth, who fought for civil rights and women’s rights. The video highlights the obstacles these women encountered as they worked to remove barriers and fight for equal rights in a society that often ignored or dismissed their voices. It also emphasizes the significance of acknowledging the diverse experiences and contributions of all women in the battle for equality and justice. The video aims to illuminate the untold stories of black women in the suffrage movement and motivate viewers to keep fighting for justice and fairness for everyone.

The video “Untold Stories of Black Women in the Suffrage Movement” showed the brave women that show bravery and stand to fight for women’s rights by raising their voices and especially the rights of black women. And that it wasn’t an easy fight because they went through a lot especially white people blocking them to raise their voices but that didn’t stop them and kept on fighting for years and years. I believe those women are heroes because they changed how black are treated today and because of them we are able to hold positions in today’s life. I sometimes wonder if those brave women didn’t fight and raise their voices what will be the world of today for black women? 

The American women’s suffrage struggle is thoroughly discussed in Barber’s piece. She traces the movement’s history from its abolitionist beginnings in the 1830s through the 1920s adoption of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. Barber examines suffragists’ tactics, such as political organizing, petitions, lobbying, and civil disobedience. Overall, Barber’s paper provides a detailed and engaging analysis of the American movement for women’s suffrage, shining light on the problems and accomplishments of this pivotal period in American history. Women not only struggled with how they were treated but also, when they tried to protect themselves and define the mistakes, to change the Law, they hit a brick wall. One hundred years is a lot of painful suffering, full of heavy emotions and hidden fear. One hundred years could be three generations fighting for dignity to work, study, and be valuable. Women collaborate, talk, write, publicly express private shame, and worry about children, family, and their identity. They were trying to find a sense in life. Why do we live if people who work so hard aren’t treated the same? We don’t respect each other – the Law that builds the structure from the moment we wake up till the moment we close our eyes after a sore day is not on the right side of history. The Equal Rights Amendment is proof of the most honorable fight and also that things will not make any sense in life. Reading about the fire in the New York Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire that was a pretext to fight to open people’s eyes was shocking. One hundred forty-eight women died in that catastrophic event! You don’t need to stretch your imagination to see them dying, screaming, choking, and running, crying in agony! We also read that it was COMMON to close people who work hours a day, many days a week, so they won’t steal! Next time I will walk by Washington Place and Greene Str. I will make sure to stop for a moment. The caste system in India is so common to talk about. Those facts of workers living for the most negligible pay are our shared knowledge and something we know exists. It is slavery, and I will never get anything from G.A.P. again! The cast stem is a power abuse, like patriarchy, religion, and many other ways. The one who profits and feels strangers build a structure, and we know that wrong can sound right sometimes, like when I Listen to Natanianhu’s speeches!The women who collaborated to make the change happen are soldiers and great people. Voice is a powerful tool. History should be retold again and again, and now we know more about non-white women who suffered tremendously but also fought bravely and were not giving up. On the other hand, there is a balance. Video of women in the suffrage movement when I heard and read about Ida B. Wells-Barnett, a person I had never heard of before. Her stoic dedication and intelligence bring a feeling of hope. Understanding problems we may not think about via a personal story is empowering. We should know that Afro-American women had a different battleground in history. The Equal Rights Amendment still needs to be put in the Law – such a simple request! We now understand how vital that Amendment is; perhaps we could help.

The American women’s suffrage struggle is thoroughly discussed in Barber’s piece. She traces the movement’s history from its abolitionist beginnings in the 1830s through the 1920s adoption of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote.

Barber examines suffragists’ tactics, such as political organizing, petitions, lobbying, and civil disobedience.

Overall, Barber’s paper provides a detailed and interesting analysis of the American movement for women’s suffrage, shining light on the problems and accomplishments of this pivotal period in American history.

The untold Stories of Black Women in the suffrage movement youtube video was very inspirational and powerful. Ida B Wells stood up for the oppression of African American to be punished by lynching. Susan B Anthony fought for the rights for women to have equal pay, and the right of labor. These two women paed the way for women right and women of color to have rights. Their activatism helped shaped the world we know today, there are women of color working in all fields. Today day we have a black women vice president leading the United States. Ida story of loosing her family and having to raise her siblings reminds me of my grandmother. My grandmother mother passed during child birth leaving behind my grand and 4 younger sisblings. My granmother used to feed them, care for them and teach them. Living in proverty she wasnt assited in doing this things and insetad had to work at a young age to provide. My grandmother also became a teacher and migrated to US for a better life for her and her siblings, she was elementry school teach for over 30 years and have since retired. Women opressions isnt over flly here in America or around the world, but thanks to women standing up we are paving a way.

Capitalism in the United States “oppresses, restricts, and inhibits the access of marginalized individuals, minority communities, and differently abled persons by regulating the opportunities available to them.” In order to change this toxicity  a feminist economy has to prioritize social justice, equality, and sustainability, and work to eliminate all forms of exploitation, including gender-based exploitation. In order to make things different we must start with not only addressing the problem but showing actions on how to find  better solution on how everyone could be treated fairly without feeling 

Despite these challenges, many women in the United States have also used capitalism as a means of economic empowerment, starting their own businesses or building successful careers in various industries. However, the persistent gender-based economic inequality in the United States highlights the need for continued efforts to address systemic discrimination and ensure equal opportunities for women. Gender pay affects economic security and their ability to provide for themselves and their families. 

Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, John, asking him to remember the Ladies in the Declaration of Independence. Emma Hart Willard found the Troy Female Seminary, Oberlin College awarded the first academic degrees to three women, Sarah Grimke began her speaking career, Mary Lyon found Mount Holyoke College, the first four-year college exclusively for women in the US, Mississippi passed the first Married Woman’s Property Act, Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery, Sojourner Truth delivered her “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech, Harriet Beecher Stowe published Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Lucretia Mott wrote Discourse on Woman and Paulina Wright Davis published The Una. The women’s rights movement split into two factions due to disagreements over the Fourteenth and soon-to-be-passed Fifteenth Amendments. The birth rate in the US continued its downward spiral, with women raising an average of only two to three children by the late 1900s. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was founded by Annie Wittenmyer and became an important force in the fight for woman suffrage. Belva Ann Lockwood was denied permission to practice before the Supreme Court, but she became the first woman to do so in 1879. Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr found Hull House, a settlement house project in Chicago’s 19th Ward, and the Progressive campaign of which it is a part propels thousands of college-educated white women and a number of women of color into lifetime careers in social work. Elizabeth Cady Stanton publishes The Woman’s Bible, Mary Church Terrell, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Margaret Murray Washington, Fanny Jackson Coppin, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Charlotte Forten Grimké, and former slave Harriet Tubman form the National Association of Colored Women (NACW). The National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage (NAOWS) is organized. Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first American woman elected to represent her state in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Nineteenth Amendment was ratified by the states, leading to the formation of the League of Women Voters and the Equal Rights Amendment.

Eromidayo Olayiwola (Harmony)

Prof. Hollis Glaser

GWS 100-1300

Reflection 6

It’s not impossible to succeed in this modern society in terms of capitalism; instead, it’s more difficult for women to achieve success because patriarchy places men at the front and forces women to remain subordinate, without taking into account the possibility that either a man or a woman could hold the position of a patriarch.

As an educator, my goal is to be intentional and sensitive to my environment, and career, and structure an activity that is developmentally and culturally relevant, taking into account how sociocultural factors influence people’s emotions, values, beliefs, behaviors, attitudes, interactions, social classes, religious convictions, economic differences, linguistic patterns, societal values, social institutions, and design an inclusive curriculum for children of all diversity.

The feminist economy could be the answer to all forms of discrimination and oppression since everyone will have equal freedom of movement and rights over assets, wealth, and resources, including jobs with good pay and participation. I really want to take advantage of and participate in a feminist economy where I can finally have ownership over my gender and a recognized voice.