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    as a subordinate to their husbands. After a long term oppression and lack of respect by the public‚ women thought they should make an appeal to restore their rights back. Declaration of Sentiments was signed among a group of female activists in Seneca Falls in New York on July 19‚ 1848. The document had been the first document that women claimed their right to vote in American history which could be divided into three sections where stated the reasons of going rights of women‚ statements of how men

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    Once it became the 18th century‚ the Unitarians and Universalists in New England‚ ended up contesting against the notion of predestination and believed that all individuals were capable of good deeds and were able to receive salvation. When they were able to preach the conception of salvation by free will‚ the preachers of the Second Great Awakening‚ promoted interest among Protestants in frontier revivals. The Methodist and Baptist‚ were able to gain a lot more followers which especially included

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    TERMS AND CONCEPTS: 1. Sex and Gender What do they mean‚ what are the differences between the two? Gender is a social construction. Sex refers to biological differences that are unchanging; gender involves the meaning that a particular society and culture attach to sexual difference. Because the meaning varies over time and among cultures‚ gender differences are both socially constructed and subject to change. Male/Female (sex) vs. Masculine/Feminine (gender). 2. Race and Class Issues

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    Pilar Vizzo 11/01/2012 According to Barbara Holland‚ in the conclusion of her book They Went Whistling: Women Wayfarers‚ Warriors‚ Runaways‚ and Renegades (2001)‚ women have been allowed to have careers as a way to keep them busy so that they are not voicing their opinions on critical issues that exist or may arise. Instead of using their energies to participate in politics or law passing‚ they are occupied with keeping the “establishment” safe since keeping their jobs or careers has been imposed

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    Abolition‚ Women’s Rights and Democracy The second Great Awakening in the early eighteen hundreds was a widespread religious revival that greatly impacted society. Its influences that appealed to emotions rather than doctrine were greatly supported by reformers who sought to improve themselves as well as society’s ills. Of these reformers some movements began to form including movements for abolition and women’s rights. For example‚ a famous minister‚ Charles Grandison Finney of the Second Great

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    had they not be‚ would we as women have rights today? Elizabeth Stanton and Susan Anthony were two of the women that fought for our rights as women. Had it not been for Elizabeth Stanton and the other ladies holding the Women’s Right Convention in Seneca Falls‚ New York on July 19-20‚ of 1848 I’m not really sure if we would even have rights today‚ we might but I don’t believe our mothers or grandmothers would have. That day on July 19‚ only women were allowed to be there‚ the next day the 20th

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    the Cult of True Womanhood and the meeting at Seneca Falls‚ and the impacts such as gender equality and female government roles summarize the women’s suffrage movement. There were many historical events that caused and progressed the women’s suffrage movement. The first of these was the African- American Men’s Rights amendment. This was the fifteenth amendment that gave rights to African-

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    across the U.S. With the help of 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

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    Northern Middle Class Women between 1776 and 1876- DBQ 2 Between 1776 and 1876‚ many events and occurrences added to the ever changing view of women‚ such as the Industrial Revolution‚ the Market Revolution‚ the Second Great Awakening‚ the Women’s Rights movement‚ and the Civil War. The advancement of manufactured goods‚ the inspiration of egalitarianism‚ and the outspoken leaders of this time opened the door to greater opportunities and rights for women. In this time period‚ the role and status

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    Elizabeth Stanton was one of Susan B. Anthony’s biggest helpers. Elizabeth Stanton was raised in New York. Stanton received the best education possible for women‚ she went to school at Emma Willard’s Academy. Stanton met Lucretia Mott at an Antislavery convention. Lucretia was a leading abolitionist. Elizabeth found her as a very good partner in work. ("Women Who Fought...") Elizabeth Stanton was inspired by freethinkers and bible critics. Lucretia Mott worked closely in hand with Elizabeth Stanton and

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