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    The Reform Movement

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    political movement-- many women were arrested and jailed-- in 1860 states gave women rights of ownership‚ but many reforms (right to vote) weren’t achieved. Lucretia mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton-- organized Seneca Falls Convention-- wrote Declaration of Sentiments for Convention. Susan B. Anthony-- had organized skills that further helped the movement. Led campaign for equal pay for equal work‚ allowing women to enter traditional professions‚ and for changing laws regarding women’s property. Organized

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    towards women’s suffrage began in 1840 when Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton went to London to attend a World Anti-Slavery Society Convention. The were barred from attending and told to sit in a curtained enclosure with other women attendees if they wished to meet. This incident inspired Mott and Stanton to organize the First Women’s Rights Convention which was held in Seneca Falls‚ New York‚ in 1848. Three hundred women and some men came. The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions‚ which

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    During the first half of the 19th century‚ women’s roles in society evolved in the areas of occupational‚ moral‚ and social reform. Through efforts such as factory movements‚ social reform‚ and women’s rights‚ their aims were realized and foundations for further reform were established. The occupational standings of women evolved in the first half of the nineteenth century. A new system of recruitment‚ the Lowell-Waltham system‚ emerged in Massachusetts. This new factory system brought in young

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    Cabela’s. After we went to Cabela’s we went to our hotel and checked in. Since convention started the next day‚ we just stayed at the hotel and relaxed. On Tuesday morning we woke up and slowly put on our official dress. Then after we got ready we ate breakfast and then got on the hot bus. It took us a while to get to the Kay Bailey Convention Center since we didn’t really know where it was. After we got checked into convention‚ Mrs. Whatley made us go

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    1984‚ the revolutionary movement started. This movement’s purpose was to give women the rights that they deserved and to make them equal to men. This movement’s focus was on giving women the right to vote. It officially started at the Seneca Falls Convention. Three women were at the forefront of the movement at the beginning and those women were: Susan B Anthony‚ Lucretia Mott‚ and Elizabeth Candy Stanton. Several other activists aided these three women in their fight for a women’s right to vote. They

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    LifeWay Research as a Southern Baptist Churches that baptized at least 26 people and had overall worship attendance over a 10 consecutive years with 20:1 membership–to-baptism ratio. Pastor Dighton was also elected to the office of Southern Baptist Convention Vice-president in 2015. The first time the office of Vice-president had been established. Are they greater recognition and greater things to be accomplished in the years to come? Pastor Dighton has mentioned a great deal of optimism toward this

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    reform movements in US

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    Reform Movements in the United States A reform movement is a kind of social movement that aims to make gradual change‚ or change in certain aspects of society‚ rather than rapid or fundamental changes. A reform movement is distinguished from more radical social movements such as revolutionary movements. Reformists’ ideas are often grounded in liberalism‚ although they may be rooted in socialist or religious concepts. Some rely on personal transformation; others rely on small collectives‚ such as

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    awareness on women’s rights. Women’s rights awareness movements were launched on a national level in 1848 with the Seneca Falls Convention in New York. Held at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls‚ New York this was the first women’s rights convention ever held in the United States. Over 300 people mostly women‚ but around 40 men‚ attended this conference. Out of this convention came a historic document‚ the ’Declaration of Sentiments‚’ which demanded equal social status and legal rights for women‚ including

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    other women who were “fed up‚” Elizabeth Stanton‚ stood and presented the first ever‚ unlawful acts against‚ that were posed upon woman in the 18th century and every year before that. In Seneca Falls‚ NY in 1848 at the very first women’s rights convention‚ was where the independence of women’s rights finally took a turn for the better. Not only was “The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions‚” presented during the same month that the congress passed “The Declaration of Independence‚” but was actually

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    fought for rights that were only given to men. They wanted the right to vote; they wanted to be able to own their own land; and they wanted the chance to make their own money. Finally‚ after about three decades of rioting‚ picketing‚ and holding conventions‚ on August 18th 1920‚ congress ratified the 19th Amendment. This Amendment states that‚ “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” Everything that

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