Final Proposal - Sociology

Description

The women rights movement was an action that arose in the 19th century in American and Europe. This campaign was developed in the form of response to the enormous inequalities between the legal status of men and women. At this time, women advocates were on the frontline fighting for the right to own property, the right to have equal educational opportunities, right to fair wages and fought for suffrage as well (National Women’s History Project 2003). This movement unified women with the most controversial issue in this association being women suffrage.

Why choose this movement

It is very common to find women nowadays heading organizations and taking up top positions than their male counterparts. It is the aspect of having women balance between families, studies, managing companies and marriages that I chose to study the “the Women’s Rights Movement.” I decided to review this movement to find out where women broke out and ceased taking up behind the scene activities and how ethical they remained (Foucalt 1988).

What I already know about the movement

It was the limitation of women that prompted women to form this organization. Some women accepted their status, but others were tired of restrictions and having to take up behind the scene activities, and so those who were tired of the limitation devoted considerable effort and time to bring out a social reform (Berkeley 1999). The primary goal of this movement was to obtain the right to vote and suffrage.

What I hope to learn

When studying the civil rights movement and other associations of the past, it was evident that those within these organizations were frustrated at some point before they gained substantial power. Did the “the Women’s Rights Movement” face any frustration or set back? What were their reactions to the setbacks? In case there were frustrations and rejections, how did the “the Women’s Rights Movement” break through and became a social reform? These are the elements I wish to learn as I continue to conduct my research.

References

Berkeley, K. C. (1999). The Women's Liberation Movement in America. Greenwood Press.

Foucault, M. (1988). The Ethic of care for the self as a practice of Freedom. In the Final Foucalt. Eds Bernauer, J. & Rasmussen, D. MIT Press, Boston. Pp. 1-20.