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-Women had few rights before the 1840’s
-Women could not vote or hold an office.
-Women could own no money or property.
-Men could legally beat their wives.
(The rule of thumb)
-Women had no say in the lives of their children.
-Women could not divorce their husbands.
- Basically, women were equal with slaves.
- Examples of Unequal Treatment
-Lucy Stone, graduated college, but was
not allowed to speak at her graduation.
-Elizabeth Blackwell was rejected from
29 medical schools before becoming
the first women doctor. She never found
work because of her gender.
-In 1840, two women met at an anti-slavery convention in London.
Lucretia Mott Elizabeth Cady Stanton
47 years old
Abolitionist
The Jedi Master
25 years old
Well-Educated
The Padawan
- Tired of being treated like inferiors, the two women decided to hold a convention about
women’s rights in the future.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal . . .
-Eight years later, a convention was held in Seneca Falls, NY.
-Stanton modeled the “Declaration of Sentiments” after the Declaration on Independence.
-Listed tyranny of men against women rather than the tyranny of King George against the colonies.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created
equal.”
-The convention agreed that women should be equal to men, except in one area, the right to vote.
-Some women felt it was too much to hope for, but they passed it anyways.
-The convention does two things . . .
1) passes the Declaration of Sentiments that listed what women reformers wanted and believed.
-The convention also helped organize the women’s reform movement.
-Stanton retired from speaking, instead writing speeches for Susan B. Anthony, a gifted speaker.
-Anthony became the voice of the movement, and traveled around the country.
-New York gave women control of their property.
-Massachusetts and Indiana passed divorce laws.
-Not much happened right away, but it started the movement that . . .
-In 1920, gave women the right to vote with the 19th amendment.
WAS THE MOVEMENT A SUCCESS?
