The Civil Rights Movement In The 1830's

"While civil rights struggles have been focused on minority groups, we cannot overlook the tremendous, arduous task women of this nation faced to not only vote but to own property, apply for credit, get an education, earn a decent wage and even serve on a jury." (pg.456) When the framers created the Constitution and Bill of Rights they should have guaranteed that all Americans, male and female, have these basic rights. Unfortunately, the framers opted to deny women of these basic rights. Women struggled with intense gender-based discrimination that was "fueled by paternalistic attitudes that kept them in subservient roles" in America. (pg.456) Women were not really involved with politics until the start of the abolitionist movement in the 1830’s, however, they were not taken seriously
"Their penning of the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions declaring women equal to men set the stage for the Women's Suffrage Movement." (pg.457) The Women's Suffrage Movement was a feminist movement that pushed for the right of women to vote. Stanton and Susan B. Anthony formed the National American Women Suffrage Association. "Although several states allowed women to vote in state and local elections, women did not have voting rights in national elections." (pg.458) Many women organized marches of protest in front of the White House in order to pressure Woodrow Wilson to pass a women's suffrage