Back in the mid-nineteenth century, women did not have the right to vote, have an education, or work jobs like the men of their time. Because of this they went through a period of time of suffrage and fighting to receive those rights. At the beginning of the suffrage movement, the protests were peaceful and the women were looking for ways to get people’s attention to the inequalities they faced. After a while, since the people disregarded the peacefulness, the women took to more violent approaches to get their points across. Women like Emiline Pankhurst, forced their ways into the male society in order to be heard and win the rights they deserved. Nowadays, women have many more rights than they had before, but there is still a ways to go. Women, now called feminists rather than suffragettes, fight for further equality that women are still deprived of. The suffrage movement in the United States started in the 1800s by …show more content…
Famous men, such as Fredrick Douglas, were known to support the cause of women’s rights and movements. Nowadays it is more common for men to also support and fight alongside the women to receive the equality and rights that they are fighting for, but men back in the day were known to fight as well. Those that were supporting their cause, helped the women speak their hardships, protested with the women, and even signed and started petitions. Although women are known to get their points across and achieve change, men can be the biggest advocates for it, especially since they have the bigger side in the inequalities. Feminist men are supposed to be actors of positive change, challenging the sexism they see, and speaking up whenever they see unfair treatment of women. (Council of Europe, 2023) Change can only be made if the problem is made aware of, and both men and women in both times can be advocates for