The Abolitionist Movement & Women’s Suffrage

Abolitionist Movement  Abolitionist movement is associated with the desire to get rid of slavery  Centered in Britain and the northern USA  Many people realized the immorality of owning another human  New media like newspapers drummed up public support  Britain abolishes slavery in 1834

Women’s Suffrage Many women in the West (Europe and their colonies with lots of European settlers like Australia, USA, Latin America, etc.) were well literate/educated They wanted to be involved in the abolitionist movement, but men kept them out They decided they needed to focus on getting the right to vote Emmeline Pankhurst in England = leader

Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 = first women’s rights convention led by Susan B. Anthony  SBA- was fined for illegally voting in the 1872 presidential election.  Anthony & Cady-Stanton opposed the 14 th & 15 th Amendments & together they formed the National American Women Suffrage Association.  ECS- Author of the Declaration of Sentiments- ignited the first organized woman's rights and woman's suffrage movements in the United States  Her concerns included women's custody rights, property rights, employment and income rights, divorce laws, and birth control.  Women would not find full success until after World War I