| Women's Times On The Movement |
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The life of a woman in the Early 1800s |
Women Suffragist-Life was not easy for women in the early 1800s Susan B. Anthony, pictured with some Utah suffrage leaders, had traveled to Utah to congratulate the nation's newest voters in 1870. |
What hard work and dedication can bring! A silver dollar of United States with Susan B. Anthony engraved on it for her bravery and dedication to helping women win their rights to vote. |
What affect Women had in World War 1 Women grew Victory gardens for themselves so that more of the production made in factories in the United States could go to the soldiers fighting during World war One. |
A loving mother and caring citizen! Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a suffragist and a mother to Harriot Staton. Harriot Stanton also grew up to be much like her mother because she too fought for women's rights universally.( This picture was taken in 1856. ) |
It was more difficult for African American Women. As a matter of fact Sojourner Truth not only was a suffragist but also she was an abolitionist. She not only had to win rights for women but also African Americans. |
A convention is defined as an assembly for people that meet for a common purpose. The conventions were a tactic used in the late 1800s and early 1900s. These conventions had a strong purpose in its society. The conventions also played key role in the movement of women’s rights. The Women’s rights conventions allowed many women and men to speak freely about ways to fight for the right of women to vote. The idea was anticipated by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her colleagues. The conventions eventually helped women win their rights to vote. The idea of the conventions for Women’s rights was brought up by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. This occurred after the women attending were restricted from expressing themselves and denied seats in London at the World Anti-Slavery Convention because of their gender and sex. The two women walked out in a rage which attracted other women's attention. The idea was proposed then by Elizabeth Cady Stanton that there should be an area for women to express their ideas towards the political hassles and issues. However these conventions had not denied the access for women. There were several men that came to the first convention. The first convention took place in Seneca Falls in 1848. At this convention there were several women and men. However before the convention was started there were preparations and posters to be handed out. At the convention there were over 300 men and women. There were many significant women that signed the declaration of Sentiments such as Harriet Cady Eaton, Elizabeth M'Clintock, Mary M'Clintock, Margaret Pryor, Eunice Newton Foote Margaret Schooley, Catherine F. Stebbins, Mary Ann Frink, Lydia Mount, Delia Matthews, Catharine C. Paine, Mary H. Hallowell, Sarah Hallowell, Catharine Shaw, Deborah Scott, Mary Gilbert, Sophrone Taylor, Cynthia Davis, Hannah Plant, Lucy Jones, Sarah Whitney, Elizabeth Conklin, Susan Quinn. Some of the men that signed the Declaration of Sentiments were Joel Bunker, Isaac Van Tassel, Thomas Dell, E.W. Capron, Stephen Shear, Henry Hatley, Richard P. Hunt, Samuel D. Tillman, Justin Williams, and Henry W. Seymour Barker. There were many following conventions that took place to aide the fight. The second convention was held at Brinley Hall, Worcester, Mass on October 15 and 16, 1851. Some following conventions were at City Hall in N.Y, Melodean Hall in Ohio, and Sansom Street Hall in Philadelphia. However the most important and efficient was the convention that took place in Seneca Falls. Conventions were a good approach during the Women’s rights movement. In these conventions women and men discussed possible solutions to win women’s rights for voting and equal opportunities. In due course women’s fight grew stronger with the assistance of these conventions. |
During the Women's rights movement not only women fought. As a matter of fact there were many men who attended conventions. There were even men who signed the Declaration of Sentiments. Some of the names of these men are James Mott, fredrick douglass, George W. Pryor, and Samuel D. Tillman. James Mott was the husband of the famous Lucretia Coffin Mott. James Mott was a reformer, and abolitionist. James and Lucretia Coffin Mott opened their home as a shelter for runaway African Americans after the fugitive slave law. James Mott approved of his wife giving speeches and helping women win their rights. Lucretia was also escorted by her husband James on lectures around the world. Frederick Douglass was born in February, 1818, as a slave. He was born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He had faced many tragedies during his life. For example Fredrick was Separated from his mother when he was few weeks old. His grandparents raised him. When he was six years old he was brought to his owner and worked at his plantation. He was also ill-fated when he was about eight because he was sent to Baltimore to work for relatives of his master. He was privileged enough that his new mistress began to teach him how to read. However that was taken away too. His master forbade his wife to teach to read because it would give him ideas of running away, when she did stop he taught himself. Another crisis occurred to Douglas at the age of fifteen he was struck with plague. He had only slightly recovered when he decided to run away but was caught and sent back to Baltimore. He tried again in 1838 when he was twenty and this time he became free. When he went to Massachusetts he got married to Anna Murray. He began to attend abolitionist meetings and became a lecturer. He gave speeches and also was present ate the first Women’s rights convention. Both men were internationally recognized for their accomplishments. |
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During the early 1800s many of the women where treated as if they had no importance and their suggestions in political matter had no value. However today you can see many women running to hold office such as Hiliary Clinton. The main question of this section of the website will focus on the change that happened in the time between the two time periods. The change was the revolution and fights that women held so they could be equal. In the middle 19th century, several generations of women suffragist and suffrage supporters lectured, wrote, marched, and lobbied, to accomplish their goals in winning everyone equal rights. Many Americans considered this a very large change in the Constitution. Some suffragists used tactics such as parades, prayers, and boycotting much of what was made for men and by men. Women began to make their own products and work in factories to show that they too were capable. Some women writers even disguised as men and changed their names on the books to get them published. |
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The pictures demonstrate the motions during the Women's rights movement
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Encampment of suffragist |
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The Women’s rights movement began on July 13, 1848. This took place in Upstate, New York when a Mother and house wife named Elizabeth Cady Staton began a conversation with some peers and colleagues. Elizabeth Cady Staton began to talk about how Women were not fair and they were treated differently. “Hadn't the American Revolution been fought just 70 years earlier to win the patriots freedom from tyranny?” But how come these rights did not apply for women. It only pertained to men and their happiness of lives.
In 1840, Elizabeth Cady Stanton met Lucretia Mott at the World's Anti-Slavery Convention in London. The male delegates refused to permit the women to participate or take a seat in the convention. The denial to Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton began a new and dedicating journey that would cause the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. At the convention the Declaration of (Rights and) Sentiments was signed which asked for right to vote and have equal position in the government and employment. The women were not only focused on Women’s rights and African-American’s rights. The women’s movement plays a key role in our society and life today. As a matter of fact the 150th Anniversary of Women’s rights movement held place throughout the year of 1998.
