Women SuffrageWomen Suffragehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGHGDO_b_q0
Fighting Slavery – Fighting Slavery – Women get involvedWomen get involved Inspired by Inspired by Second Great Second Great
AwakeningAwakening – religious reform – religious reform movement; good works get movement; good works get you to heavenyou to heaven
Anti – slavery fight helped Anti – slavery fight helped pave way for women suffragepave way for women suffrage
Women (at this time)Women (at this time) Could not hold office; only Could not hold office; only
white menwhite men Could not practice professions Could not practice professions
(i.e. medicine or law)(i.e. medicine or law) Could not control their own Could not control their own
money or property (fathers or money or property (fathers or husbands controlled it)husbands controlled it)
Would be disciplined by malesWould be disciplined by males
Yet Women Yet Women Abolitionist…Abolitionist… tried to convince lawmakers tried to convince lawmakers
to make slavery illegalto make slavery illegal raised money for raised money for
suffrage movementsuffrage movement spoke out against spoke out against
slave beatingsslave beatings
Seneca Falls: the Seneca Falls: the Declaration of Declaration of SentimentsSentiments
1848 – almost 300 people, including 1848 – almost 300 people, including 40 men, arrived for the Convention40 men, arrived for the Convention
People there: Abolitionists, People there: Abolitionists, Quakers, Housewives, etc.Quakers, Housewives, etc.
Dec. of Sent.Dec. of Sent. – proposal for – proposal for women’s rights – modeled after women’s rights – modeled after Dec. of Ind.Dec. of Ind.– it listed acts of tyranny by men it listed acts of tyranny by men
over womenover women
The Legacy of Seneca The Legacy of Seneca FallsFalls
created organization created organization among womenamong women
established awareness of established awareness of women suffragewomen suffrage
Sojourner Truth – “Aint I a Sojourner Truth – “Aint I a woman?” – awareness of woman?” – awareness of black womenblack women
The Legacy of Seneca The Legacy of Seneca Falls (contd.)Falls (contd.) Elizabeth Cady StantonElizabeth Cady Stanton – –
organized Seneca Falls organized Seneca Falls Convention. Concerned with Convention. Concerned with voting rights.voting rights.
Susan B. AnthonySusan B. Anthony – built – built movement into national movement into national organization. Concerned with organization. Concerned with women getting equal treatment women getting equal treatment in work place & voting.in work place & voting.
SUMMARYSUMMARY
QUIZ TIMEQUIZ TIME
http://www.youtube.com/watch?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lgJrqhZvHQ&feature=c4-overview-v=_lgJrqhZvHQ&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PLFABWrGIkCaIGMPzigPTOVhUVxGjMvl&list=PLFABWrGIkCaIGMPzigPTOVhUVxGjMpWKlpWKl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-suAlXQhMI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvk1NZDFvZUv=Kvk1NZDFvZU
1. What religious movement 1. What religious movement changed the minds of many changed the minds of many people to think that you must do people to think that you must do good works to get to heaven?good works to get to heaven?
2. Why were women leading 2. Why were women leading abolitionists? abolitionists?
3. What document was created 3. What document was created at Seneca Falls announcing at Seneca Falls announcing women’s independence? women’s independence?
4. Which founding mother is 4. Which founding mother is credited with initiating the credited with initiating the women’s rights movement and women’s rights movement and writing the Declaration?writing the Declaration?
5. Which founding mother 5. Which founding mother started the NOW organization, started the NOW organization, leading the way for women leading the way for women eventually getting the right to eventually getting the right to vote? vote?
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