Amelia Bloomer Activist

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Dr. Harriot Hunt- An early female physician and women's rights activist. She was the first female to enroll into Harvard. She was refused twice by the school because she was trying to get in for the medical courses. At that time just men had been allowed to study this and when she was accepted a few months later two black men were accepted and all the white men were outraged so they told her to leave and she complied. "Every individual, like a statue, in his life the laws of harmony, integrity, and freedom; or those of deformity, immorality, and bondage. Whether we wish to or not, we are all drawing our own pictures in the lives we are living..." I think that this quote is very inspirational because of the fact that even if we want to keep …show more content…
Even though she did not create the women's clothing reform style known as bloomers, her name became associated with it because of her early and strong advocacy. She helped the women's activist movement by taking part in the first newspaper for women, The Lily. The paper encountered several obstacles early on, and the Society’s enthusiasm died out. Bloomer felt a commitment to publish and assumed full responsibility for editing and publishing the paper. Originally, the title page had the legend “Published by a committee of ladies.” But after 1850 – only Bloomer’s name appeared on the masthead. "The costume of women should be suited to her wants and needs". I think that this is an amazing quote because of the fact that she was standing up for women's rights to wear whatever they want to wear. She wanted change to happen, though she was not able to see it happen, she did play a role in helping women's rights. I think she was a person who was persistent, she did not give up on what she believed …show more content…
Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, Ulster County, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. She had at least three of her children stollen away from her. Truth was a powerful and impassioned speaker whose legacy of feminism and racial equality still resonates today. She is perhaps best known for her stirring “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech, delivered at a women’s convention in Ohio in 1851. "I am glad to see that men are getting their rights, but I want women to get theirs, and while the water is stirring I will step into the pool." This quote is a great quote because of the fact that she is speeking out about (like her peers) women's rights. It tells about her wanting for women to have rights as she is sayiny that she will "get in the pool" and join the men in all their rights. She tells how it was back in the 18 hundreds when she (a black woman and the white women around her) was being denied her
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