Lucretia Mott was fortunate to have been born to have been born into a Massachusetts Quaker family in the late 18th century. The women in this colony were quite independent, and Lucretia grew up with self-sufficiency. Quakers generally saw and treated women as equals in their religious-based society, which was considerable given the time period. This meant that girls were able to receive an education which created many opportunities for them within their organization, and Lucretia took advantage
grateful for those who spoke up when we could not find our voice. Lucretia Mott, MaryAnn McClintock, Martha Wright,
Women’s Suffrage After working hard for 100 years, women’s equality changed dramatically when the 19th Amendment was passed, giving women the right to vote. Shortly after the Civil War, a Woman's Right National American Woman Suffrage Association was established. In the 1800s, women were recognized as second class citizens and were expected to take care of the family and cook food. They were restricted from education, voting, and working. Many powerful and strong women arose, such as Susan B.
Pitcher and Sojourner Truth were greatly influential when concerning woman’s rights and roles in society. In the 1770s, during the American Revolution, most women held the role of motherhood. Document 1 and 2 best explain republican motherhood. Women as such as Abigail Adams—the wife of John Adams—took over the care of businesses and farms while their husbands were away fighting in the war. Abigail set the stage for women’s rights when she sent her husband a letter saying, “remember the ladies” while
United States History Brown, Curtis, Fernandez The Women’s Rights Movement to 1850 The Women’s Rights Movement became extremely prevalent in the nineteenth century. Women were expected to work around the house, cook and clean, raise the children, and serve their husbands. They did not have the ability to vote, retain property, and could be legally beaten by their husband. Women were treated unfairly and were not being given the unalienable rights that they deserved, which caused a growing desire
the population of women. Written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, the article stood to expand the political rights stated in the Declaration of Independence, to women. That’s what stood out and captivated me the most. So similarly formatted as the document that declared our great nations independence, it asked the important question of why a nation supposedly built on freedom and liberation for all kept restricting the rights of nearly half of the population.
social reforms. The social reformers attacked these social ills: women’s rights, alcoholism, education and abolitionism. These social ills were covered in the era of “reform” in America. The social reformers tried to improve American society in the early 1800s. The leaders of these reform movements believed that America could do anything if “she” put her mind to it. At the time
were following God’s word. Women had nearly no rights in the 1800s. Thus came the Women’s Rights Movement. Women participated in the abolition and temperance movements by raising money, writing literature, and collecting signatures for the antislavery petitions and delivering them to congress. This work helped women to improve their education. Soon after, schools and other education institutes offered a wide variety of classes for women. The Women’s Rights Movement improved the lives of women and the
endowed by their Creator with certain Unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." However, in 1776, the high ideals of liberty and equality presented in the Declaration of Independence greatly contradicted reality. If “all men are created equal,” then why slavery was allowed? Despite of the words “all men,” the authors of the Declaration did not actually consider all people to be worthy of the listed rights. “All men” only applied to white, land-owning males
Believe it or not, women did not always have the same rights as men did. If fact, the majority of women could not keep their own wages that they had earned until 1860, thanks to Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an American leader in the women’s rights movement during the Civil War era. Her amazing writing skills and perseverance helped her and women all across America get the rights that they deserved. Stanton was born November 12, 1815 in Johnstown, New York. Her father was an