Dbq Women's Rights

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I have fought hard to obtain and secure rights for the women and African Americans of the United States and I will not stand idle by and let those rights be stolen again. In our great Constitution it states that “all men are created equal.”. If the great founders of our nation believed this why are we being suppressed and treated unfairly? Why is it that African Americans were not granted the basic rights of a human being until 1865 when the 13th amendment was passed, ending slavery. Why were women not given the right to vote until 1920? The people of America are bright minded and lucid but are still being blinded by their resistance to change. When I worked in the reform movement I always saw a bright future for the women of America. We were