2.  Women and politics › Images changed after the revolution › Religious and reform movements › Took part in abolitionist movements  Resistance to female political activity › Found the need to secure their own rights  Expanded their work › Fights for others rights caused a fight for their own rights

3.  Sarah and Angelina Grimké › First activists to combine fight for both rights › Spoke in front of mixed audiences  Ministers didn’t agree  Sojourner Truth › Spoke for both › Strong influence due to past experiences

4.  Elizabeth Cady Stanton › Inspired by World’s Anti-Slavery Convention › First American meeting on women’s rights  Declaration of Sentiments › Voiced discontent (1/3 signed) › Built on democratic ideals in the Declaration of independence › Called for property and custody rights › Biggest demand was voting  Debate

5.  Elizabeth Cady Stanton › Wealthy family, good education › Father’s opposition › Marriage to Henry Stanton  Anti-Slavery Convention  Lucretia Mott › Susan B. Anthony  Kept her informed due to family life

6.  Susan B. Anthony › Supportive family › Father was a Quaker and a reformer › Remained single  Fulfillment without a husband › Met Stanton at Seneca Falls  Led to work on women’s rights › Influential work  Speeches, conferences, etc.

7.  Petition for property rights › Collected 6,000 signatures › New York answered their calls  Married Women’s Property Act › Property ownership › Lawsuits › Right to vote was still in progress