long time and worked intimately with Susan B. Anthony. In 1848‚ a noteworthy get together of women accumulated in her home of Seneca Falls‚ New York. Stanton coordinated the “Seneca Falls Convention’ with Lucretia Mott‚ a Quaker reformer and abolitionist‚ who had also been barred from the World Anti-Slavery Convention that took place eight years prior in London; this convention addressed the status of American women who felt distressed‚
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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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treasured. Some people had to keep fighting for the freedom long after the Revolutionary War. Frederick Douglas‚ in his speech‚ “What to the slave is the fourth of July” and Elizabeth Cady Stanton in her Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention‚ share stories and explain how two groups of people‚ slaves and women‚ fight for their individual freedom. Both authors wrote two different pieces for different people‚ but by comparing and contrasting both texts it is evident that
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“The Declaration of Sentiments” The Seneca Falls convention lasted two days‚ July 19 and 20‚ 1848. It was written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ sentiments mean “a view of or attitude toward a situation or event” basically an opinion about something. This (historical document) was interesting to read about the things women weren’t loud to do. I enjoyed reading all the resolutions‚ so many problems resolved. The right of any citizen of the United States to vote male or female law was passed January 16th
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In early societies‚ women bore children‚ cared for the home‚ and helped maintain the family’s economic production. Men hunted‚ made war‚ and‚ in settled societies‚ assumed primary responsibility for field crop production. <br> <br>Male dominance‚ however‚ was important from the time of the earliest written historical records‚ probably as a result of men’s discovery of their role in development of hunting and warfare as status activities. The belief that women were naturally weaker and inferior to
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for what is right‚ and that they did. The women’s suffrage movement was peacefully fought for 70 years and it provided women with a voice that was heard for the first time. Women protested constantly ‚ their first call to action being the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 ‚ all the way to 1920 when they 19th Amendment was ratified. This is one instance of proof of where peaceful protest benefited a party in the long run. Another instance of where peaceful protest positively affected the society is the
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over the women. Before these dates‚ women were not considered to be very important to the community. The only major role they played was raising children and bringing food to the table. Since the years of the Revolution and the Constitutional Convention‚ however‚ the nation nearly doubled its geographic boundaries and its population. When the Market Revolution hit America‚ many people felt isolated and cut off from traditional sources of comfort and community. In order to regain the sense of
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activity in reform groups was immediate departure for women of her era. When denied a seat in 1840 at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London on account of her sex‚ Mott preached her feelings of female equality outside the conference hall. During her London visit‚ she befriended Elizabeth Cady Stanton. During the summer of 1848 she and Stanton organized the meeting at Seneca Falls‚ New York‚ where the American women’s rights movement was launched. Mott was
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The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions‚ a document which emerged from the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 in the US‚ was the first ever women’s rights convention‚ organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. This convention spanning two days‚ July 19 and 20 was the driving force for women in the US to get their voices heard for their inequality and encouraged them to fight for their rights. The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions has goals and concerns that have been met with in the US‚ if not
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In the period from 1825-1850‚ a majority of the reform movements in the United States sought to expand democratic ideals. However‚ some did so indirectly and unintentionally. The reform movements were spurred by the Second Great Awakening‚ which began in New England in the late 1790’s‚ and would eventually spread throughout the country. The Second GA differed from the First in that people were now believed to be able to choose whether or not to believe in God‚ as opposed to previous ideals based
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