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Equal Rights Amendment: A Gender Struggle

The document discusses the struggle for gender equality and the Equal Rights Amendment. It describes how the author chose this topic because she wanted to focus on women's issues and could empathize with their struggles. It outlines how the author conducted research on the history of the ERA by looking at primary sources from the time period to understand the experiences of women in the workforce. The struggle for the ERA fits the theme of "Rights and Responsibilities" because it was about ensuring women have the same rights as men and that it is society's responsibility to treat women fairly and prevent oppression.

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Equal Rights Amendment: A Gender Struggle

The document discusses the struggle for gender equality and the Equal Rights Amendment. It describes how the author chose this topic because she wanted to focus on women's issues and could empathize with their struggles. It outlines how the author conducted research on the history of the ERA by looking at primary sources from the time period to understand the experiences of women in the workforce. The struggle for the ERA fits the theme of "Rights and Responsibilities" because it was about ensuring women have the same rights as men and that it is society's responsibility to treat women fairly and prevent oppression.

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The Struggle for Gender Equality: The Equal Rights Amendment

By: Hannah Johnson Senior Division Individual e!site

Process Paper
I "ne# right a#ay that I #anted to do my $ro%e&t on the to$i& #omen' I loo"ed through $ossi!le to$i&s online !efore s"imming through the suggested to$i&s atta&hed to the (ational History Day information $a&"et my tea&her $rovided me #ith' I stum!led u$on) *The Struggle for the Equal Rights Amendment'+ Immediately) I "ne# that this is #hat I #anted to do my $ro%e&t on' Also) !eing a female myself) I &ould em$athi,e #ith their struggles' I understand the need for the Equal Rights Amendment on a $ersonal level' I &ondu&ted my resear&h first !y loo"ing u$ events &on&erning the Equal Rights Amendment online' By doing this) I found the offi&ial ERA #e!site' I s"immed through the arti&le and %otted do#n a fe# &riti&al $oints) along #ith a fe# main suffragists' I then &ontinued to delve through the intensive history of this $arti&ular ,ealous struggle' I loo"ed for $rimary sour&es &on&erning #omen in the #or"for&e until I found a relia!le sour&e' I lastly loo"ed for $i&tures that hel$ed &reate a mental image and de$i&ted #hat it #as li"e to do su&h a re!ellious thing in this time' I &hose a #e!site !e&ause it seemed) to me) the most fitting and organi,ed #ay to dis$lay a multitude of information' It #as very sim$le to dis$lay $i&tures) #hi&h I "ne# #ould assist my argument' The #e!site $rovided a #ay for me to dis$lay all of the information I gathered in &hronologi&al order' I also li"ed that I &ould itali&i,e things for em$hasis' The struggle for the Equal Rights Amendment) and ultimately) the struggle for gender equality) fits the theme) *Rights and Res$onsi!ilites)+ !e&ause is all a!out ho# #omen deserve the same rights as men' Also for the reason that it is the responsibility of !oth men and #omen to ensure that #omen are treated fairly and are not o$$ressed' ithout all of these influential and defiant $eo$le) #omen

today #ould still not !e ta"en seriously) nor #ould they have the rights #e have today' e o#e this $rogress to the original a&tivists) -u&retia .ott and Eli,a!eth /ady Stanton and the others #ho hel$ed throughout the years' It our res$onsi!ility to $i&" u$ the fight from #here they left off'

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