Lecture 1 Women's Rights
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Women’s
Rights:1) Where have we been?2) Where are we now?3) Where are we going?
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Imagine….
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Legal Status of Women in the Early Republic• English Common Laws
• property• wages• political activities
• State laws•Unable to vote•Unable to participate in politics
Property of Husband
•What kind of discrimination is this?
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Discussion Questions:1) If women weren’t allowed to participate in
politics, what do you think their expected roles were?
2) How might this have affected the perception of women in the arena of politics?
What do you expect from me?
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How did women participate in society?Abolition Temperance Moral Reform Education
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Abolition Movement
Wrote articles for papers Created pamphlets Signed, circulated, and delivered
petitions Well-known women abolitionists
The Grimke sisters Elizabeth Cady Stanton Lucretia Mott
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Moral Reform Anti-prostitution
Focus on issues leading to prostitution; for example, poverty
Asylum reform Dorothea Dix, 1843
Presented study to the Massachusetts state legislature on horrible conditions and treatment of women in asylums.
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Temperance Movement Focused on issues that hurt homes and
families Violence Financial issues
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
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Education Active in educational reform both inside
and outside the home Teaching was the first real career
opportunity for women: why? Promoted new idea of being nurturing and
encouraging with children Advocated ideas of Horace Mann
Uniformity in curriculum and teacher training Grading by ability Grouping children by age
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Critical Thinking
How might women’s participation in reform movements have led to their participating in the Women’s Rights Movement?
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What do you think?
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Women’s Rights Movement: 1848
Seneca Falls Convention New York 1848 Elizabeth Cady Stantion and Lucretia Mott First conference on women’s rights Modeled after the Declaration of
Independence Declaration of Sentiments
Signed by 68 women and 32 men
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Opposing Viewpoints:Opposing Viewpoints:The Argument from the Other The Argument from the Other
SideSide
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