leaders of the women’s rights movement. why did people oppose woman suffrage?
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Leaders of the Women’s Rights Movement
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Why did people oppose woman suffrage?
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Angelina GrimkeDaughter of slaveholding judge in CharlestonDisliked slaveryShe and her sister were first women to publicly speak out as abolitionists
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Sarah Grimke“All I ask our brethren is that they will take their heels from our necks and permit us to stand upright on that
ground which God designed us to occupy.”
Criticized for urging all women to speak out against slaveryBegan to campaign for women’s rights
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Lucretia MottFounded Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery SocietyQuaker preacher
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Elizabeth Cady StantonInvolved in anti-slavery movementMarried to an anti-slavery agentMother of seven childrenMet Lucretia Mott at World Anti-Slavery Convention
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Mott and Stanton Reunited in 1848
* Call for a convention to:“discuss the social, civil and religious
condition and rights of women.” Organized in five days and held in Seneca Falls, NY300 people attended (40 men)
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Elizabeth Cady StantonAGAIN!
Driving force behind Seneca Falls ConventionWrote the Declaration of SentimentsWorked for women’s rights until her death in 1902