USA HISTORY

RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877

WOMENS SUFFRAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following women was a leader in the women’s right movement?
A
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
B
Susan B. Anthony
C
Lucy Stone
D
All the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA), while Lucy Stone, Julia Ward Howe, and Henry Blackwell founded the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA).

Detailed explanation-2: -Led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a young mother from upstate New York, and the Quaker abolitionist Lucretia Mott, about 300 people-most of whom were women-attended the Seneca Falls Convention to outline a direction for the women’s rights movement.

Detailed explanation-3: -The women’s rights movement of the late 19th century went on to address the wide range of issues spelled out at the Seneca Falls Convention. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and women like Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, and Sojourner Truth traveled the country lecturing and organizing for the next forty years.

Detailed explanation-4: -The movement begins In 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the first convention regarding women’s rights in the United States. Called the Seneca Falls Convention, the event in Seneca Falls, New York, drew over 300 people, mostly women.

Detailed explanation-5: -Savitribai Phule (1831–1897) – started the first school for girls in the subcontinent. Tarabai Shinde (1850–1910) – activist whose work Stri Purush Tulana is considered the first modern Indian feminist text. Pandita Ramabai (1858–1922) – social reformer a champion for the emancipation of women in British India.

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