Women had many moral obligations and duties at home, in church and in community; whereas they had few political and legal rights in the government. However, by the 1830s and 40s, the climate began to change thanks to many supporters who defended social reforms of prostitution, capital punishment, prisons, war alcohol and, the most important; slavery.
There were many activists who began to mobilize people for the abolitionist movement as a way of calling attention to all human rights. Two important Southern sisters, Angelina and Sarah Grimke, called for women to participate in freedom and free education of slaves.
Around 1840 the abolitionist movement was split over the acceptance of female speakers and officers. But in 1848 Elizabeth Stanton organized the first convention for women's rights in New York. The convention demanded improved laws regarding child custody, divorce and property rights.
They argued that women deserved equal salaries and career opportunities in law, medicine, education and the ministry. And the most important amond demands was suffrage; the right to vote.
As with the Civil War, the women's rights were established in the Declaration of Independence, claiming that "all men are created equal". Sarah Grimke wrote in 1837 that "men and women were created equal...whatever is right for men to do is right for women".
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ResponderEliminarthe blog should include hispanic USA women: that is USA women whose origin is hispanic but they lived/live in the USA. You only have written about one, so I am sorry to tell you that you haven't fulfill the task. If you do not want to fail this part you have to write about other 6 entries about USA hispanic women who live/d in the USA.