What if women didn't have the same rights as everyone else? What if there was a stereotype that women had to follow? Should a wife stay at home and take care of the children while her husband works outside? These are all questions that women asked during the women's suffrage movement. At the beginning of this movement, women did not have the same rights as their husbands or other men. Women were expected to follow a stereotype that they were teachers or nurses, and once married, they were expected to stay at home, take care of the children, and keep the house in order while their husbands went off to work. But as women began to come out of their stereotypical shell, the world slowly began to accept that women and their environments were changing. The goal women were fighting for was to have the same rights as men. In 1923, Alice Paul wrote the Equal Rights Amendment. “Equal rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any other state on account of sex.” It was designed with the promise of equal rights for women and introduced to Congress that same year ("The Story Behind"). One of the first public demands for equal rights dates back to 1848. It took place in Seneca Falls, New York, at the very first Women's Rights Convention. Three hundred men and women gathered for a two-day meeting called “Justice for Women.” At the time of the meeting, the country was not ready for women's rights to be taken seriously. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were two of the most famous women's rights activists. Throughout their lives, they fought for constitutional change, demanding that women have the right to vote. But these remarkable women both died before they could legally vote (“The Story Behind”). Middle of paper ....... Web. April 2, 2014. “Timeline: Women in the U.S. Military.” » .“US History” Ema J. Lapsansky-Werner, Peter B. Levy, Randy Roberts and Alan Taylor. Reconstruction of the history of the United States up to the present day. Pearson, 2010. “War in Afghanistan” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Internet. “Women played a key role in the civil rights movement.” Np, October 29, 2005. Web. April 1, 2014. “Women’s Rights.” Wikipedia The free encyclopedia. Np, April 1, 2014. Web. April 1. 2014. .