In the time of 1825-1850‚ United States officials and activists sought to expand the democratic ideals in which the country was founded. Activists such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton as well as many other women pushed for the right to vote‚ stating that both men and women were created equal‚ and women should be given the right to vote‚ for it was the democratic action to take. Other activists began to create democratic reforms as well‚ fighting to reinforce the ideals the nation so actively prides itself
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1848‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton and other female leaders had the first women’s convention in Seneca Falls‚ New York‚ The convention‚ although the first official convention to be held‚ did not house new ideas. In 1846‚ two years before the convention‚ several women in the state of New York had already petitioned for women’s suffrage. The main idea and creed of the Declaration of Sentiments that was proposed during the convention was that‚ “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women
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book “Lucretia Mott. 1793-1880” it is revealed she became passionate about women’s rights when she discovered that male teachers were paid twice as much as female teachers. These two women were invited to an anti-slavery convention in London‚ England. When they arrived to the convention‚ they were told they were not allowed to speak‚ due to the fact that they were women. When the women experienced inequality again‚ they realized enough was enough‚ and decided to take a stand for women. (Whittier 5‚ Day
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co-education to be established. A decade before the civil war broke out‚women’s rights achieved a high level of visibility after the convention at Seneca Falls.Many women became interested in this movement. Instead of working toward becoming an abolitionist‚
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married women was an ongoing issue for the early women’s rights movement. If women could not enter into contracts‚ it was unlikely that they could ever win such a right as suffrage. The first major struggle for women’s rights after the Seneca Falls convention was petitioning for married women’s property rights. The fight against unfair treatment under the law became a rallying point for Stanton and Anthony. Writing was a popular form of expression for women and was used as tools of social change--in
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Together they founded equal rights and suffrage associations‚ organized annual conventions‚ met with lawmakers‚ and campaigned in several states. They also published The Revolution‚ a weekly newspaper that advocated for women’s rights‚ from 1868 to 1872‚ and co-edited the first three volumes of A History of Woman Suffrage. In 1878‚ Stanton
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rights that children‚ young people and their carers have in situations where harm or abuse is suspected or alleged A child has the right to be protected against significant harm (children’s act 1989‚ every child matters 2004‚ United Nations Convention on the rights of the child etc.). A child/young person has the right not to be subjected to repeated medical examinations or questions following suspected abuse. Children should contribute their own account of their own views‚ they should be listened
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Question 1 Indian Removal The Indian Removal Act was the forced relocation of Indian Tribes from their homelands to federal lands further West. The people of the South supported this Act because they wanted to gain the fertile Indian lands. A type of Indian resistance would be that they attempted to adopt “white” practices‚ like large farms and even owning slaves. Another type of Indian resistance would be going to war. The First Seminole War‚ for example‚ tried fighting against the Americans for
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The address to the women’s Rights Convention by Sojourner Truth occurred in 1851 in Akron‚ Ohio. The article recounts the plight of women in the 19th century and calls for actions to address the issue of race and inequality of women. According to Phillips-Anderson (2013)‚ women of color were discriminated due to their origins and gender. In her speech‚ Truth calls for Black men and women to elicit fear in the conscience of men who believe in the status quo. Truth gives an account of the special
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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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