History

1. How did the abolition movement influence women to demand equal rights? What did limitations on women’s rights did many activists find unacceptable? Why did many Americans oppose equal rights for women?
A. Many women did not have the rights they deserve to have. The African Americans were also not allowed to have their rights. All of these 2 issues played a huge role because it led to all types of people fight for the rights everyone deserved. Led by female abolitionists (end slavery) they started movements on order for women' to have the rights they deserved. There were limits to women's rights, but the males took It to another extent. The female would have the own property. Once the men and women got married the male had to take/own the property that the females worked hard for. The other right that females did not tolerate was the fact that they weren't allowed to participate in activities such as conventions that only males were able to do. Also the females had to hand over their earnings of pure hard work over to their father. Many Americans opposed to equal rights for women because they thought that women are nothing without males that males are there to take over and help the females be somebody. The men said that the females lacked physical or mental strength to survive without their protection.
2.  Who were the four main leaders of the women’s rights movement? How did each contribute to the movement? What rights were these powerful women fighting for? B. The 4 main leaders of the women's rights movement were Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Lucy Stone, she was a well known spokesperson for the Anti Slavery Society, she also known as a gifted speaker. Susan B. Anthony, brought  strong organizational skills to the women's rights movement, as a matter of fact she she changed the women's rights movement into a political movement. Matilda Joslyn Gage, was a writer and co founder of the National Woman's Suffrage Association (NWSA) an organization that was considered one of the most radical groups because of its position that abolition was not an important cause than the women's rights. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, helped author the Declaration of Sentiments (document that detailed beliefs about the social injustice toward women). Despite all the ways these strong women tried to contribute to the women's rights movement, they had 1 thing in common. They wanted the equal rights, equal rights for the women and for themselves too. To have the same rights that men have.

3. What was the seneca falls convention? What was the declaration of Sentiments? Why is this convention and Declaration so important for women’s rights and women’s rights? If you lived in the 1800’s would you have supported it? Explain why or why not.
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The Seneca Falls Convention was the first public meeting about women's rights that were held in the United States. The Declaration of Sentiments, was a document that discussed the detailed beliefs about social injustice toward women. These 2 events were important because it led to the act of women fighting for what's right, their rights. Women wanted their rights and want the rights they deserved, the ones that the males had, to participate in activity that they weren't allowed to enter before. If I lived in that time period I would have supported these events because I want my life to balanced and not be controlled as if I were a slave. I want to be known for my success, not for a women who gave up her property, her earnings, her liberty to men who all they cared was for money. I'm not going to let/give myself in quickly. I would do anything until I get what I deserve.