Pages 130-131
The Seneca Falls Declaration (Page 131)
What is the name of the declaration that says, "We hold these truths to self-evident: that all men and women are created equal."?
Men and women who worked for women's rights and met in conventions.
Who are "reformers?"
A black woman, she was a slave who ran away.
Who was Sojourner Truth?
One of Sojourner Truth's children was sold to the South, which was against ___ ____ ___.
What was against the New York Law?
The _____________ and people working for women's rights often had close ties.
What did abolitionists and people working for women's rights have?
The declaration bothered her. (Page 130)
What was Elizabeth Cady's reaction when she read the nation's "great Declaration?"
Churchgoers
What were most reformers?
Women were by nature weak and inferior to men.
What did a man at the woman's rights convention say?
Abraham Lincoln invited _________ _____ to the White House.
Who invited Sojourner Truth to the White House?
Because women weren't aloud to practice law. (Page 130)
Why couldn't Elizabeth Cady become a lawyer?
A reformer, the editor of a temperance reformer.
Who is Amelia Bloomer?
Sojourner Truth _____ __ when she didn't agree with what someone said.
Who spoke up when she didn't agree with what someone else said?
She had to promise to obey her husband. (Page 130 and 131)
What marriage custom did Elizabeth Cady refuse to do?
Amelia Bloomer
Who wore wide pantaloons under her short dresses because it allowed freedom of movement and tried to talk other women into this fashion?
A leader of the antislavery movement. (Page 130)
Who was Henry B. Stanton?
Susan B. Anthony
Who did Amelia Bloomer introduce Elizabeth Cady to?