Women's roles expanded in the 1800s as they became involved in reform movements and the paid workforce. Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention after being barred from speaking at an abolitionist meeting, adopting a Declaration of Sentiments that called for women's rights. This launched the American women's rights movement, led by activists like Susan B. Anthony, who worked for decades to gain women's suffrage.

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• Identify the limits faced by American women
in the early 1800s.
• Describe how women began playing an
increasing role in political and economic life.
• Trace the development of the women’s rights
movement.
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Terms and People
• Sojourner Truth – a powerful abolitionist lecturer
who was a former slave from New York
• Lucretia Mott – a Quaker who helped found the
American Anti-Slavery Society and along with
Stanton helped organize the first Women’s Rights
Convention
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton – an abolitionist who
helped organize the nation’s first Women’s Rights
Convention

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Terms and People (continued)
• Seneca Falls Convention – the nation’s first
Women’s Rights Convention, held in Seneca Falls,
New York, in 1848
• Declaration of Sentiments – a declaration formed
at the Seneca Falls Convention that called for
greater rights for women
• women’s rights movement – the campaign for
equal rights for women

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Terms and People (continued)
• Susan B. Anthony – a reformer who passionately
worked for over 50 years to gain suffrage for women
• suffrage – the right to vote

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1. Women took active roles in several reform
movements during the 1800s. Soon, some of
these reformers decided to work to gain equality
for women.
This laid the groundwork for a long struggle,
especially to gain the right to vote.
What steps did American women take to
advance their rights in the mid-1800s?

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Women lacked many basic rights in the early 1800s.
NO Property Ownership
NO Voting Rights
NO Election to Public Office
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2. The reform movements brought about by
the Second Great Awakening attracted many
thoughtful women.
One prominent female abolitionist was
Sojourner Truth, who spoke powerfully against
slavery.

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The reform movements gave women leadership roles
and connections outside of the home.
Another change in the lives
of women occurred due to
industrialization.
3. Factories needed workers. Many women went to work
in them and developed a degree of economic
independence and new friendships.

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Two historical trends led to the beginning of real
progress for women’s rights.
1Middle class women in urban areas hired poor
women to do their housework, leaving them more
time to think about social issues.
2Women became involved in the abolitionist
movement and began to compare their own
situations to that of the slaves.
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4. Abolitionist women disagreed over
how prominent a role females should play
in the movement to end slavery.
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
were not allowed to speak
at an antislavery conference.
This inspired them to take new steps
to advance women’s rights.

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Stanton and Mott organized the
nation’s first Women’s Rights
Convention, called the Seneca
Falls Convention, in New York
in 1848.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The delegates adopted a
Declaration of
Sentiments, which called
for greater rights and
opportunities for women.

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5. The Seneca Falls Convention marked the
beginning of the women’s rights movement.
Anthony concentrated her efforts for the next 50
years on gaining suffrage for women—
the right to vote.
It inspired a generation
of leaders including
Susan B. Anthony.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident:that all men and women are created equal…”
Declaration of Sentiments, adopted Seneca Falls

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The Causes and Effects
of the Women’s Rights Movement
Women could not vote, own
property, or divorce abusive
husbands
Many abolitionists believed
that women also deserved
equal rights
Women were denied equal
education opportunities
 Suffragist movement
demanded that women get
the right to vote.
 States passed laws that
protected women’s property
rights.
 Private schools for women
opened, and some colleges
accepted women students.
Causes Effects

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