PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE WOMENS MOVEMENT
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In the 1700’s after the antislavery convention in London
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In the 1800’s after the antislavery convention in London
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In the 1600’s after the antislavery convention in London
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In the 1900’s after the antislavery convention in London
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women’s rights convention in the United States. Held in July 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, the meeting launched the women’s suffrage movement, which more than seven decades later ensured women the right to vote.
Detailed explanation-2: -Women were not allowed to fully participate in the convention; this directly led to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. Women were not allowed to fully participate in the convention; this led several key female activists to shift their focus to women’s rights.
Detailed explanation-3: -At the 1851 Women’s Rights Convention held in Akron, Ohio, Sojourner Truth delivered what is now recognized as one of the most famous abolitionist and women’s rights speeches in American history, “Ain’t I a Woman?” She continued to speak out for the rights of African Americans and women during and after the Civil War.
Detailed explanation-4: -Heralded as the first women’s rights convention in the United States, it was held at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York, on July 19 and 20, 1848. At that conference, activist and leader Elizabeth Cady Stanton drafted The Declaration of Sentiments, which called for women’s equality and suffrage.