The Abolitionist Movement: Catharine Beecher And Elizabeth Stanton

The abolitionist movement arose around the early 1830’s. The abolitionist movement dealt with the idea that all men should have equal freedoms. Women also liked the idea of having the same freedoms that the men had. The abolitionist movement became a popular political issue for women. Women became involved by voicing their political opinions in the public sphere. Women would attend abolitionist meetings and hold debates in order to get other men in women to join the movement. Two notable authors of the time, Catharine Beecher and Elizabeth Stanton, each wrote about their different opinions on women’s involvement in politics. Catharine Beecher’s essay “The Duty of American Females” is a response to women’s involvement in politics and especially