Women's Rights In The 1800s
Women had it difficult from the middle of the 1800s to early 1900s. There was a difference of the treatment compared of the woman to the men. Women barely had any rights compared to now. Women were not even allowed to vote until August 18th, 1920. They were also not even allowed to attend universities to study things as a career of jobs such as law, nursing, and many more. There were not any chances of women getting an education back then, because no college or university would accept a female. Some of these colleges or universities were Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and many more. Women were also not allowed to participate in church events, since they thought the women were not as good as men.
Then in 1848 the first Women's Rights meeting was held on July 19th through July 20th, it was held at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls New York. The meeting was made and was continued as planned by Elizabeth Cady and Lucretia Mott. Over the two days of discussion, a document …show more content…
Some of these conventions or meetings drew large crowds of people that some people had to be leave since there was no room for meeting space. The women's rights movement of the 19th century went on which started a lot of different issues which was talked a lot about at the Seneca Falls Convention which was from July 19th, 1848 to July 20. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and some other women such as Lucy Stone, and Susan B. Anthony, who were pioneer theorists, and traveled the country telling people about it and organizing for the next forty years. Winning the right to vote was the main issue, since the vote would provide the accomplish of the other amendments. The campaign for women's right to vote ran across a lot of political debates, that it took about 72 years for the women and the male supporters to win. After that they finally received the right to vote which was in
Then in 1848 the first Women's Rights meeting was held on July 19th through July 20th, it was held at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls New York. The meeting was made and was continued as planned by Elizabeth Cady and Lucretia Mott. Over the two days of discussion, a document …show more content…
Some of these conventions or meetings drew large crowds of people that some people had to be leave since there was no room for meeting space. The women's rights movement of the 19th century went on which started a lot of different issues which was talked a lot about at the Seneca Falls Convention which was from July 19th, 1848 to July 20. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and some other women such as Lucy Stone, and Susan B. Anthony, who were pioneer theorists, and traveled the country telling people about it and organizing for the next forty years. Winning the right to vote was the main issue, since the vote would provide the accomplish of the other amendments. The campaign for women's right to vote ran across a lot of political debates, that it took about 72 years for the women and the male supporters to win. After that they finally received the right to vote which was in