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Diversity in the Workplace

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Modern women owe a tremendous debt to m*****ny ***** that have come before them. Without the tireless efforts of groundbreaking women in the equal rights movement, modern day women would not have the freedom to choose employment outside of the home. While there are many women who have contributed to the relative equality that ***** experience to*****, there are some women, without whose ***** women would not enjoy the freedoms they ***** today. Cather*****e Beecher, Betty Friedan, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are among those women.

***** Beecher was considered a rebellious wom*****n in her youth. She grew up in New York ***** Connecticut during the early 19th century. Beec***** ***** from a well-to-do f*****mily. Although many ***** have considered her privileged, Beecher actually found her social status constrictive. She believed that the ***** expectations for women in her social class were limiting.

Like many ***** feminists, ***** believed in ***** idea of different roles because of sex. Beecher thought that the most important role ***** women was their role as mothers. In fact, she believed that women should work ***** educators, which was a natural extension of ***** role as mothers. In fact, ***** established several women's educational institutes, where women could be taught how to educate people: the Hartford Female Seminary, the Western Female Institute, and the Milwaukee Female Seminary.

***** the idea of women as teachers may appear very ***** by modern standards, it was somewhat revolutionary during Beecher's time. Many school ***** were men and ***** ***** who ***** employed as teachers were expected ***** end their employment ********** establishing ***** families. However, Beecher advocated for women to continue their work in education after establishing families ***** homes.

Although Beecher and Elizabeth ***** Stanton were contemporaries, the two had slightly different views of ***** appropriate role ***** ***** in society. While Beecher believed that women and men had essential differences, Stanton believed that ***** and women ***** created equal. In fact, although ***** ***** Susan B. Anthony ***** famous for hav*****g for women's suffrage, Stanton wanted more for women than the right to vote; she wanted complete **********y.

***** and ***** *****ed ***** National Woman's Suffrage Association. Together they worked towards the goal of enfranchisement for women. Stanton died in 1902; therefore she did not live to see American women gain the right to vote. However, there is al***** univers***** agreement that Stanton was indispensable to the women's suffrage *****.

***** did helping women gain the ***** to ***** change the rights of women in ***** workplace? Without the right to vote, it is highly unlikely that women would enjoy any type ***** equal*****y ***** ***** *****. Unfortunately, social reforms often require legal remedies. Prior ***** having the right to vote, women had to rely upon men to enforce their rights. In *****, like the advances in the Civil Rights Movement, legislation has been necessary to grant women the right to hold jobs.

Of course, ***** right ***** hold