Gender Roles & Women's Suffrage 1900's

80% of American men and women declared that it was wrong for wives to work outside the home if their husbands were employed
                               Womens Suffrage
Waterloo
The fight for women’s rights began in New York State. In Waterloo, on July 13, 1848, a tea party at the home of activist Jane Hunt became the catalyst for the women’s rights movement. Jane Hunt’s guests were Lucretia Mott, Martha Wright, Mary Ann McClintock and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Seneca Falls
Six days later, on July 19, 1848, people crowded into the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, NY. These participants partook in the two-day historic event that catapulted the women’s rights movement into a national battle for equality.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights...”

Declaration of Sentiments
Seneca Falls, NY Convention
1848

On the second day, July 20, abolitionist Frederick Douglass made a powerful speech that unified the two causes of abolishing slavery and women’s rights. After 68 women and 32 men signed the document making it legitimate, the women’s rights movement officially began.

Sources:

Women's Suffrage Timeline

http://assembly.state.ny.us/member_files/084/20090313/

- Womens Economic Roles 
http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/uhic/PrimarySourcesDetailsPage/PrimarySourcesDetailsWindow?query=&prodId=UHIC&contentModules=&displayGroupName=PrimarySources&limiter=&disableHighlighting=false&displayGroups=&sortBy=&search_within_results=&p=UHIC%3AWHIC&action=2&catId=&activityType=&documentId=GALE%7CCX3441600284&source=Bookmark&u=plant&jsid=4804b7c6323967c31e6d59dcdccdee30

Ellis Island

Late 1800s - 1900s, Enormous influx of immigrants to New York through Ellis Islands.

-Large portion coming from Europe, searching for the "American Dream", changing the dynamic of the whole city

History Channel Videos Link: http://www.history.com/topics/ellis-island

Important Dates 1600-1700

1674

English retake New Amsterdam, when the Dutch and English come to a peace agreement. New Amsterdam is now known as New York City.

1674 -1681

Sir Edmund Andros is appointed by the king as New York's royal governor. Andros reintroduces English form of government, makes English official language, and recommends an elected assembly to the Duke of York, but he refuses it.

1685

The Duke of York becomes King James II. During his rule, he rejects New York's Charter of Liberties and Privileges and in 1686 the Assembly is abolished.

March, 1691

Colonel Henry Sloughter, sent by King William III to replace Leisler, arrives in New York, assembles a new Council made of up Leisler's enemies, and puts Leisler to death. When Sloughter dies this same year, the Council selects the commander of troops, Robert Ingolsby, as a temporary governor until Governor Benjamin Fletcher arrives. The Council also re-establishes in essence the "Charter of Liberties and Privileges" of 1683 which sets up courts and local government.

1708-1760

During this time period, New York begins to develop constitutional principles and procedures similar to those of England. Although the British government and its governors fight to retain power over New York, there is a gradual shift in power from governor to the Colonial Assembly when the Assembly gains more control over the administration of governmental finances and begins to control appointments. 

1774

Local committees in New York select and send delegates to First Continental Congress, an intercolonial congress, which is held in Philadelphia between September 5 and October 6. The First Continental Congress asserts that colonists' have basic rights by formally refusing to obey the Intolerable Acts, recommends the need for local militia, and calls for local committees to enforce an agreement called the "Continental Association," whereby colonies refuse to trade with England until the restoration of their basic rights.

April 19, 1775

At Lexington, the "shot heard round the world" starts the American Revolution.

July 5, 1776

New York's Fourth Provincial Congress meets in White Plains' Courthouse and endorses the Declaration of Independence.

September, 1777

New York State Legislature meets in Kingston for first time. Between 1777 and 1783 the legislature meets in various places to avoid the British. After the Revolution, it meets in New York City, Poughkeepsie, Fishkill and Albany.

Northeast Tribes 1600s

Tribes In 1600s

• The Abenaki, native to Maine and New Hampshire, made their villages along rivers and streams.
• The Iroquois were a group of five allied tribes known as the Iroquois Confederacy who lived in New York along the St. Lawrence River
•  The primarily agricultural Lenape (also known as the Delaware) lived in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York.
• The Massachuset lived in the Massachusetts Bay area of Massachusetts and survived by farming, hunting, and fishing.
•  One of the most powerful tribes of its day, the Miami lived in areas of Indiana and Ohio. 
• The Pequot, native to Connecticut, survived through hunting, fishing, and farming.
• A confederacy of nearly 30 tribes, the Powhatan lived in areas of Virginia and Maryland.
•  Living in Ohio and Indiana, primarily in the Scioto River Valley, the Shawnee lived in round wigwams made of tree saplings, thick grasses, and other natural materials.

Source: http://www.learner.org/interactives/historymap/indians5.html

European settlers first brought smallpox to North America in the 1600s. In 1633-1634, the disease swept through the Northeast, wiping out entire Native American tribes.

Native populations in New England are thought to have plummeted by over 70 percent due to this outbreak (Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, 2012).

Baseball & Religion

New York & The Value of Baseball

New York University president, John Sexton oversees more than 40 thousand students comments on the similarities between baseball and religion. John Sexton states :"Baseball is a lot like religion. Both have there own sacred relics, prophets, and rituals and there is a kind of timelessness to the it."

Source Video: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2013/04/26/april-26-2013-baseball-and-religion/16067/

"Yanks learned their importance on 9/11"

September 11th,  2001 was a tragedy and the New York Yankees on winning the world series was a united city effort to watch and have a distraction of all the devastation and lives that were lost that day. The Yankees may not have been able to help heal the wounds inflicted on families as a result of the events of September 11th, but they were able to provide a distraction. No matter how momentary it may have been -- to those people affected by the attack watching a baseball game was something else to focus on. Through the tough times of the relief process, the Yankees comment on how they will never forget their importance and experience at this time. They played games but their role was to give families some source of relief from the stress at this time.  The New York Yankees helped unified the city through this crisis.
Source: MLB article:  http://m.mlb.com/news/article/1651279/

LGBTQ Community

June 24th, 2015 
- How are transgender students treated in school environments? 

- Devastating harassment to students who identify as transgender. 
- The state is failing to protect the right of an education. 
- Schools are magnifying the problem of these children by having discriminatory policies.
- Schools failed to protect students from being bullied.
- There is harassment due to gender stereotypes. 
- Some of the students who experience this are only 5 years of age. 
- The state does not provide support to teachers in order to help students going through this time.
- While schools do this, they are excluding these students from the society. 

- An 18 year old student said that he feel like he didn't belong in the school, and his parents were not there to support him either, therefore, he is on his own. 

Controversies & Issues in 2000-2015 - Present

1. Stop and frisk and Racial Profiling: The NYPD's stop-and-frisk practices raise serious concerns over illegal stops and privacy rights. The NYPD are stopping hundreds of thousands of law abiding New Yorkers every year, and the vast majority are black and Latino. 

>> This is the Stop and Frisk Campaign: http://www.nyclu.org/issues/racial-justice/stop-and-frisk-practices

 2. Public housing cuts: The New York Times reports this week that, for the first time, there are more New Yorkers on the waiting list for public housing than there are even public housing units available. There are more than 200,000 people waiting for a little over 5,000 vacancies each year.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/24/nyregion/for-many-seeking-public-housing-the-wait-can-be-endless.html?_r=0

3. Hurricane Sandy and the Poor Population of New York: Now it is the year 2015 and not everyone is covered from the aftermath and blow of Hurricane Sandy. The poor population is characterized as a vulnerable population before the storm and needs more attention because they are unable to take care of themselves post the storm of Hurricane Sandy.

Question: Why did this happen? There is growing consensus that climate change was the root cause for storms like Sandy. If this statement is true can we really do something about it? Are we really willing to do what needs to be done?

There is still a current struggle and The Daily Show presents a video that provides us with the sad truth about the Hurricane Sandy Recovery. 

>> Link: http://www.silive.com/opinion/columns/index.ssf/2015/03/daily_show_highlights_sad_trut.html