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Apr 12, 2018 · Enslaved poet Phillis Wheatley’s popular 1773 book contested stereotypes that women and Africans had inferior intelligence to white men. In 1790, Massachusetts native Judith Sargent Murray questioned the status of women in her essay “On the Equality of the Sexes.”.
After 2 days of discussion and debate, 68 women and 32 men sign a Declaration of Sentiments, which outlines grievances and sets the agenda for the women's rights movement. A set of 12 resolutions is adopted calling for equal treatment of women and men under the law and voting rights for women.
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1869, women's suffrage movement splits over the issue of the Fifteenth Amendment, which gives voting rights to African-American men following ratification in 1870. The National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA), headed by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, opposes the amendment, believing that women should be included in the new law.
Feb 26, 2015 · 1820 to 1880. Evidence from a variety of printed sources published during this period--advice manuals, poetry and literature, sermons, medical texts--reveals that Americans, in general, held highly stereotypical notions about women's and men's roles in society.
Timeline of women's suffrage in the United States. This timeline highlights milestones in women's suffrage in the United States, particularly the right of women to vote in elections at federal and state levels.
Aug 28, 2024 · The movement for woman suffrage started in the early 19th century during the agitation against slavery. Women such as Lucretia Mott showed a keen interest in the antislavery movement and proved to be admirable public speakers.
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Oct 29, 2009 · The women’s suffrage movement was a decades-long fight to win the right to vote for women in the United States. It took activists and reformers nearly 100 years to win that right, and the...
