Not For Ourselves Alone Analysis
In the 19th century America, women, children and slaves had the same legal status. They were all considered the sole propriety of the “owner”, who was the husband and the father. This caused many women to feel left out, unimportant and discriminated. Not a single man would want to trade places with a woman. However, women began fighting for their rights and won. “Not for Ourselves Alone” is a good documentary film about fight for women rights and the biography of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, two women that were born into the world ruled by men. These two women were very different. Susan grew up wealthy, educated and sociable; she married and had a family of her own. Elizabeth, who grew up in a Quaker family, worked to support herself all her life and chose to remain single. But they both shared a belief that equality is every woman's right, and they spent half of the century making their dream a reality. By the time their life was over, they changed the lives of a majority of American families. Nothing precious is easily won, which is certainly true about women right, because it took a lot of time, patience and persistence of many women to get the same rights that men had. They caused a
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The doors are open wide for everyone regardless of sex, age or color. Now women have the same rights as men, they are respected, have more opportunities in life, they make sure their voice is heard in the government. Women are also raising their daughters differently because of this movement, who in their turn help improve the world and do not depend on others. This movement also helps today women reach to the other countries to help other women who still have no rights and are struggling in the country dominated by men. Most importantly, this change gives women support and assures them they will have somewhere to turn to if they have problems, are abused by their husbands or need
The doors are open wide for everyone regardless of sex, age or color. Now women have the same rights as men, they are respected, have more opportunities in life, they make sure their voice is heard in the government. Women are also raising their daughters differently because of this movement, who in their turn help improve the world and do not depend on others. This movement also helps today women reach to the other countries to help other women who still have no rights and are struggling in the country dominated by men. Most importantly, this change gives women support and assures them they will have somewhere to turn to if they have problems, are abused by their husbands or need