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    not do anything without consulting the men. Women were expected to be housewives‚ to raise their children‚ and thinking of a job in a factory was a dream that was never thought impossible. But‚ as years passed‚ women such as Susan B. Anthony‚ Lucretia Mott‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ Lucy Stone‚ and Elizabeth Blackwell began to question why they were at home all day raising the children‚ and why they did not have jobs like the men. This happened between the years of 1776 and 1876‚ when the lives and

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    For test five be sure to know about: 1. Lucy Stone 2. Abby Kelley 3. Elizabeth Cady Stanton 4. Lucretia Mott 5. Angelina Grimké 6. Reform communities 7. Shakers 8. New Harmony 9. The American Temperance Society 10. Institution building 11. Jails 12. Poorhouses 13. Asylums 14. Orphanages 15. What the proliferation of new institutions during the antebellum era demonstrated 16. Horace Mann 17. Public schools 18. The American Colonization Society 19. Liberia 20. An Appeal

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    They were expected to be completely dependent on the men in their life‚ and some even considered the life of a woman to be a form of slavery. (Evidence) Lucretia Coffin Mott‚ along with 21 other women‚ went on to found the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society in 1833. This society encouraged women to make their voice heard as well as hasten the abolition of slavery in the United States. Although not a part

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    movement began in the 19th century. Women finally spoke out against the men. The Seneca Falls Convention which happened in July of 1848 was organized by Women’s Rights Activists. This group consistent of some ladies named Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ and Lucretia Mott. The original goal of the convention was to talk about the rights of women and to make others

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    of the right to vote because of their sex. However‚ Alice Paul argued that this was simply not enough. She didn’t believe that legal discrimination upon sex would be ended just because of that ratification. So in 1923‚ Alice Paul presented the “Lucretia Mott Amendment.” The Equal Rights Amendment was presented to Congress in the 1920’s‚ where it was introduced in every single Congress session from 1923 to 1970. However‚ the Equal Rights Amendment never made it to the floor of the Senate or of the House

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    Anti-Slavery Convention in London. Women were not initially allowed to enter the country for the event‚ and even after they entered the country‚ female delegates were refused regular admittance to the convention. This promoted Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott to organize a women’s rights and suffrage convention. In 1848‚ the Seneca Falls Convention served as the catalyst for the American Women’s suffrage movement. At the convention‚ attendees signed a Declaration of Sentiments along with a list of resolutions

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    Time and time again‚ people have turned to religion for answers during times of great change‚ such as the burgeoning industrialization of antebellum America in the 1800’s. The Second Great Awakening swept through America as a reaction against the spread of rationalism and the weakening clutch of churches over their followers. With its touch‚ America grew invigorated over religious beliefs such as equality and temperance. Reform movements sprung and spread like wildfire‚ affecting nearly every apspect

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    In Wollstonecraft opposition to Rousseau she is arguing Once women are given the proper amount of education they will then be able to acquire and achieve that same amount of political equality as a man. Although she argues this she believes that a women’s priority aside from being involved is to be a mother and wife. Women deserve social equality with men and should be given the education necessary to achieve it. (Zeitlin‚ 2001. P.40) Rousseau argues that women are not naturally born to be that same

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    As a Seventeen year old boy and a girl we’ve seen many strange things in this world. The Women Suffrage come about men doing responsibilities at home which made us do research on how and why did this event occurred. Although as a Seventeen year old boy believe that Women Suffrage was a good artifact and conflict during the 1800’s. As a Seventeen year old many rights came about our things to vote‚ to earn more like men do. To choice our topic we felt that women rights would be a good topic to conduct

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    Eric Sangyun Ko Mrs. Merrifield AP United States History March 15‚ 2015 DBQ Prompt: “Analyze the arguments women used in the 1848 – 1920 campaign to achieve the right to vote AND how were they able to combat the opposition against women’s suffrage.” Women in United State went through great challenges‚ to change the societal views and discriminations on them. The suffrage movements‚ during 1848 to 1920‚ were accentuated with their strong assertion of their natural rights as human beings‚ just like

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