Here’s the proposal I wrote:
As we are researching the history of the women’s suffrage movement, I have decided to continue talking about the ratification of the women. Although the earliest trace of women’s rights movements can trace back to 1849 when Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, NY. Yet theNational Woman Suffrage Association, formed by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony was the first to bring light to the voting injustices that were being placed on women simply for having XY chromosomes. The suffrage movement started in 1820 with women protesting for their right to vote and ended almost a century later in 1984 when Missippi became the last state to ratify the 19th amendment.
Description: In this research essay I will go into depth about the struggles and hardships that women faced during the women’s suffrage movement. The main goal of this research is to bring to light the immense difficulties that women had to face in order to receive basic rights. I will be mentioning key heroines during this movement to applaud them and their bravery. Some questions that I will be touching on are: What influenced them dto fight for their voting rights after years of being ostracized? How have their protests influenced young women today? Was there times where they believed it was pointless? What were some of the viewpoints of the suffrage movement? What were some of the viewpoints of the women in the Saint suffrage Miocene? Did their parents have similar viewpoints regarding the suffrage movement?
Plan: My research will include a one-on-one person interview from a woman regarding her thoughts and experiences from the women’s suffrage movement. I will ask her many difficult questions including: What is your previous knowledge of the women’s suffrage movement? Have you ever been belittled in the workplace or street simply because of your gender? Did you know anybody who contributed to the movement? I will be using media, including but not limited to newspaper articles, video footage, propaganda, and photos. I will use both primary and secondary sources in order to paint a clarifying picture of the movement to my reader.
Primary source: personal interview; documentaries; videos and pictures of the protests.
Secondary source: articles; passed down stories; newspaper articles; and propaganda used in media.