Women & Abolition
In the 1830s and 40s, women formed these organizations to organize fundraisers, spread abolitionist ideas, and expand their role in reform movements.
What are Female Anti-Slavery Societies?
This 19th-century belief argued that men belonged in politics and the workforce, and women in the home.
What is Separate Spheres Ideology?
The 1848 gathering led by Stanton and Mott produced the Declaration of Sentiments.
What is the Women’s Rights Convention of 1848?
This Enlightenment philosophy emphasized natural rights but was limited in practice.
What is Natural Rights Philosophy?
The Liberty Party reflected this shift from moral persuasion to political action.
What is Growth of Political Abolitionism?
Thousands of women participated in the abolition by signing and organizing these formal written requests to lawmakers.
What are Anti-Slavery Petitions to Congress?
During the Age of Jackson, property requirements for voting were eliminated for most white men.
What is the Expansion of White Male Suffrage?
During Seneca Falls, attendees approved this resolution demanding women’s right to vote.
What is Formal Resolution for Suffrage?
The language of this 1776 document, declaring that “all men are created equal” and endowed with unalienable rights, inspired reformers but also highlighted contradictions in who actually enjoyed freedom in early America.
What is the Declaration of Independence Rhetoric?
As slavery expanded westward and abolitionists intensified their activism in the 1830's and 1840s, tensions between North and South increasingly centered on this growing national conflict.
What is the Sectional Crisis over Slavery?
When women like Angelina and Sarah Grimké spoke publicly, they challenged traditional gender roles.
What are Public Female Lectures?
As slavery expanded westward, abolitionists’ activism intensified this growing national conflict.
What is the Sectional Crisis over Slavery?
Seneca Falls marked the start of this broader development in women’s activism.
What is Organized Feminist Movements Begin?
Women signing petitions and organizing societies challenged this expectation.
What is Public Political Participation by Women?
This early American idea emphasized women’s role in educating virtuous citizens, linking motherhood to civic duty while reinforcing limits on women’s direct political participation.
What is the Republican Motherhood Legacy?
Founded in 1833 by William Lloyd Garrison and others, this national organization called for the immediate abolition of slavery and allowed women to play active leadership roles.
What is the American Anti-Slavery Society?
This social structure placed men in positions of legal and political authority over women, limiting women's rights in property, voting, and public life.
What is Gender Hierarchy?
Using this strategy, Stanton and others used language modeled on the Declaration of Independence.
What is the Application of Revolutionary Rhetoric?
During the 19th century, movements like temperance and abolition drew on this framework to argue for societal improvement, calling for this reform.
What is Christian Moral Reform?
During the Age of Jackson, property requirements for voting were eliminated in most states, broadening political participation for this group while excluding women and African Americans
What is the Expansion of White Male Suffrage?
Through pamphlets, speeches, and debates, slavery became embedded in national political discourse, reflecting this development.
What is the Naturalization of the Slavery Debate?