introduced in 1848 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and friends. It was a convention to discuss social‚ civil‚ and religious condition and rights of women at Seneca Falls. During this time there were many different beliefs. Some believed women deserved the right to vote due to their maternal virtues‚ while others believed women and men were equal in endowments. One of their major accomplishments during this time was the passing of the 19th amendment‚ which gave women the right to vote. Elizabeth and her friends
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"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
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abolitionists who also played a role in the Women’s Movement. Susan B. Anthony who was a Quaker‚ was therefore opposed to the immorality slavery but also played a role in the movement calling for equality and rights of women. Anthony was inspired by Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ who was also active in both movements‚ but very famous for her aggressive
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The women’s movement grew from the efforts of abolitionist fighting to free enslaved African Americans. Among these abolitionists were women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony who realized that they too were oppressed. Maybe not in the same way as blacks‚ but lacking rights all the same. Women have been fighting for their rights for well over one hundred and fifty years‚ and whether it was in the nineteenth century or the twentieth the fight has always been for equality. Beginning with
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She was against slave trade because her family is anti-slavery activists. In 1851‚ Susan met Elizabeth Cady Stanton during on Anti-Slavery conference; they started working together and formed the New York state woman’s rights committee. In 1852 she began promoted women’s suffrage cause and equal pay. In 1856 she started work in American Anti- Slavery society;
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enough organized that they had no choice than to be recognized by the opposite sex. These organizations blossomed from the abolitionist movement‚ which encouraged the participation of women in an effort to free the slaves. In July of 1848‚ Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott‚ two social activists‚ held a convention on women’s rights in Seneca Falls‚ New York. Over three hundred people attended the event‚ which spanned two days. It consisted of lectures and discussions on the social‚ economical
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Life for the American woman in the 19th century was full of conflicts and struggles. Women suffered from a lot of discrimination‚ and were not allowed to vote‚ attend universities‚ speak in public‚ or own property‚ and were essentially forced to fight for their place within society. Regardless of these difficulties‚ women gathered strength in numbers and succeeded in establishing permanent social changes. Writing was a popular form of expression for women and was used as tools of social change--in
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public‚ or own property‚ and were essentially forced to fight for their place within society. Regardless of these difficulties‚ women gathered strength in numbers and succeeded in establishing permanent social changes. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton began to work together on women’s rights and one of the first issues they worked on were property rights for married women. The Married Woman’s Property Act had been passed in New York Stat in 1848. However‚ there were still gross inequities
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__________________________________________________________________________ Directions and Analysis Task 1 Analyzing Historical Documents In this activity‚ you will reference two primary-source historical documents HYPERLINK http//redirect.platoweb.com/346479Declaration of Sentiments by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the HYPERLINK http//redirect.platoweb.com/346480Pearl Harbor speech by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Before you read the documents‚ read these instructions. Using what you learned in this unit‚ HYPERLINK http//redirect.platoweb
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part was debated bitterly‚ as international clergymen said‚ “equal status for women was contrary to the will of God” (Woman Suffrage 2017‚ Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia). Eventually two American feminists‚ Lucretia Coffin Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ were shielded from view and denied the right to speak behind a curtain. Because of multiple instances like this‚ American suffragists created a separate movement specifically
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