Women's Rights And Abolitionist Movement Analysis

During the century after the United States gained its independence from Great Britain, many questions were being raised. If the country was founded on democratic and free ideals, then why were some groups being excluded while others were being favored? This question is especially pertinent to the women’s rights and abolitionist movements that started in the early nineteenth century. These movements proved that people could have a voice in government, but, ironically, women and abolitionist leaders were speaking up to protest their limited political rights and to press for equal opportunities. Despite the vote not yet being granted to women, they formed their own groups focused on suffrage and equal opportunities for women outside of the home,