Mary lee suffragette biography of abraham
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Women of Color and the Fight for Women’s Suffrage
After the övergång of the 19th Amendment in 1920, women of color were often kept from the polls through a variety of tactics. They faced racial and ethnic discrimination and were often discouraged from voting via violence.
As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage this year we celebrate the hard won achievements of the women who made possible the modern right to vote!
We have come a long way, but we still have miles to go to achieve equality for all and especially for women of color. The kommission on the Status of Women and Girls enters this centennial with a new commitment to be intentionally inclusive of all women, particularly Black, Brown, and Indigenous women, members of the LGBTQ community, young women, and those most vulnerable among us. Specifically, the Commission has been hard at work to re-imagine the role we play as a support struktur for the women and girls of California and the ways i
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St. Peter said, truly I understand that God shows no partiality. It would seem then that the current state of inequality rests on the partiality of man, or to be more specific, men. Many have quoted the good book and the argument against woman’s suffrage, and indeed some have quoted t against my very self, when taking offence at my speech and behaviors.
But it is a fool’s errand to argue the Bible with the daughter of an Orangeman, and a cathedral organists widow.
I would indeed prefer to argue the logic and good sense of suffrage and leave our creator’s design out of the matter.
It is clear that his will, whilst unassailable, is also unknowable to mortal man. We are left to make the best of it, and we shall all answer to God in our own time.
And what should we say when we are called to account for our time on earth? I shall say that I fought for the betterment of mankind, that I sought to create a society where men and women’s voices might be heard with equal weight, and that t
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Mary Lee Sargent
American feminist activist
Mary Lee Sargent is a professor and feminist activist notable for her direct action political protests on behalf of the Equal Rights Amendment in the early 1980s.[1]
Mary Lee Sargent | |
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| Occupation(s) | Women's Rights Activist, Professor |
| Known for | Advocacy for the Equal Rights Amendment |
| Movement | Women's Liberation |
Leadership of Grassroots Group of Second Class Citizens
[edit]Sargent was a key member of the feminist group Grassroots Group of Second Class Citizens, an organization that supported the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).[1] The group organized a Day of Rebellion in Illinois in 1982 and Sargent served as spokesperson for the group.[2] Sargent was photographed wearing chains outside the Illinois State Senate by Anne Leibowitz and the photo ran in Life Magazine.[1] When Sargent was asked by the press if she was concerned the direct action t