Women’s Rights

The Influence of Abolition Sojourner Truth Angelina Grimke Sarah Grimke Women were criticized for public roles in abolition movement

The Influence of Abolition Sojourner Truth Angelina Grimke Sarah Grimke Decided to fight for their own rights

Sarah Grimke Argued that women should receive equal education and equal pay for equal work Sarah Grimke

Sojourner Truth Powerful speaker for abolition and women’s rights

“That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages or over mud puddles, or gives me any best place…Look at me! I have ploughed and planted and…no man could head [outwork] me. And ain’t I a woman?” --Sojourner Truth

Women’s Rights Women’s Rights Movement gains ground in abolition & other reform efforts Women take advantage of education opportunities Learn how to organize effectively and work together.

Women’s Rights Women lacked the right to vote- suffrage Women had little or no control over property Women were criticized for speaking in public Opposition said… Women should work for change within families Women “need” men

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Founded National Women’s Suffrage Association 1840: Stanton attends World’s Anti-Slavery Convention in London while on her honey moon Women not permitted to participate. Sat behind curtain Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Seneca Falls Convention Stanton meets Lucretia Mott at convention Mott & Stanton decide to hold their own convention for women’s rights Lucretia Mott

Seneca Falls Convention Seneca Falls, New York July 1848 First public meeting about women’s rights held in the U.S. Began July 19, 1848, eight years after the World’s Anti-Slavery Convention. It was the first public meeting about women’s rights to be held in the United States

Seneca Falls Convention Wrote document at convention Declaration of Sentiments—a woman’s rights document modeled after the Declaration of Independence

Susan B. Anthony Susan B. Anthony along with Lucy Stone became important leaders of the women’s movement after the Seneca Falls Convention Lucy Stone Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony Susan B. Anthony Brought organizational skills to movement Turned women’s rights into a political fight Susan B. Anthony

Entering male professions Equal pay for equal work Susan B. Anthony Advocated: Women’s Suffrage Entering male professions Custody Reform Equal pay for equal work Dress Reform Property Rights