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?