Famous Quotes
I resolved to claim for myself all that an impartial Creator had bestowed
Who is Lucretia Mott
I gave women the right to vote
19th Amendment
I was the first college that admitted both women and men in 1837
Oberlin College
I was the first state in 1776 that allowed unmarried women to vote
Seneca Falls
1848
I have heard the Bible and have learned that Eve caused man to sin. Well, if woman upset the world, do give her a chance to set it right side up again.
Sojourner Truth
I gave African American men the right to vote
15th Amendment
Angelian and Sarah Grimke
I was the state that held the NATIONAL women's suffrage convention in 1850
Massachusetts
Anti-Slavery Convention in London
1840
It is the still small voice within, which may not be withstood, that bids me open my mouth for the dumb.
Abby Kelly Foster
I inserted the word "Male" into the constitution to discuss who are natural citizens
14th Amendment
William Lloyd Garrision's anti-slavery lectures inspired me to join the cause.
Abby Kelly Foster
I was the state both Sojourner Truth and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were born in and where Seneca Falls was held.
15th Amendment Giving AA men the right to vote
1870
As in the war, freedom was the keynote of victory so now is universal suffrage the keynote of reconstruction.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal
Declaration of Independence
In 1828, I was the first AA woman to win a court case against a white man for illegally selling my five year old son. What did I win in this case?
Her son's freedom
I was the state Lucretia Mott and Abby Kelley Foster were born in
Massachusetts
Amerian Equal Rights Association (AERA) is formed.
1866
(Clergymen in particular) “were in agony lest the women should or say something to shock the heavenly hosts
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all MEN and WOMEN are created equal
Declaration of Sentiments (1848)
I am considered the mother of the movement
Lucretia Mott
Why not chose me? I was the first Territory in 1869 that granted women the vote.
Wyoming.
AERA splits into two (National Women's Suffrage Association & American Women's Suffrage Assocation)
1869