Over the course of my time as a political reformer and feminist, I strongly criticized the limitations of rights/abilities for women. I attacked foolish attempts to limit us to merely the domestic sphere. I fought against the limitless political control men had over us regardless of our personal intelligence and ability in comparison with theirs. Specifically I criticized our inability to vote, fully take part in politics, retain land ownership after marriage, and inability to take part in a variety of jobs we were qualified for. I encouraged women to take control of their own lives, and fought for their right to achieve their true potential. I also, as an abolitionist, criticized the abhorrent practice of slavery. In fact, the abolitionist
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I personally did a great deal of gatherings of likeminded individuals, such as with the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls. We would later have another convention in Rochester, New York a few weeks later. I also wrote, and that was how most people knew me. Not only did I take part in the writing of the Declaration of Sentiments at Seneca Falls, but I also wrote a variety of pieces, including letters and speeches, that were readily published via abolitionist and feminist papers. I always did my best to push forward change, even when I myself was limited. As a mother of seven, I was not as mobile as some other reformers, including my dear friend, Susan B. Anthony. Therefore I also tried, through her and our work together as a dynamic duo to push forth the movement for rights for women and the abolition of …show more content…
Simply through my reforms, I helped push forward the idea of a woman in politics and the idea that a woman SHOULD be able to take part in politics. What we had said was heard, and although by some I was seen as too forward thinking, many contemporaries supported me and assured others that I was in the right. Even some of my desired rights for women did become legislation before the civil war. The prime example, despite being slightly outside the time frame listed, was the Married Women’s Property Law of 1860 in my home state of New York, which granted women the ability to retain ownership of property and money, giving them the increased sovereignty I knew they deserved. In the long run, even beyond my death, my work had major impacts, positive impacts. Although I did not live to see the day, one day women did receive the vote which I knew they always desired. Colleges began to accept women, giving them the equal educational opportunities. I had always insisted upon the right of women to enter those job fields to which they felt most able, and this impact can be viewed perfectly as, through the 20th and into the 21st centuries, women increasingly entered various fields, departing from the domestic sphere. My arguments for women to decide over when to have children became a facet of politics, and birth control, for example, became increasingly available and used. With all of this considered, I could not be more satisfied with how my
I personally did a great deal of gatherings of likeminded individuals, such as with the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls. We would later have another convention in Rochester, New York a few weeks later. I also wrote, and that was how most people knew me. Not only did I take part in the writing of the Declaration of Sentiments at Seneca Falls, but I also wrote a variety of pieces, including letters and speeches, that were readily published via abolitionist and feminist papers. I always did my best to push forward change, even when I myself was limited. As a mother of seven, I was not as mobile as some other reformers, including my dear friend, Susan B. Anthony. Therefore I also tried, through her and our work together as a dynamic duo to push forth the movement for rights for women and the abolition of …show more content…
Simply through my reforms, I helped push forward the idea of a woman in politics and the idea that a woman SHOULD be able to take part in politics. What we had said was heard, and although by some I was seen as too forward thinking, many contemporaries supported me and assured others that I was in the right. Even some of my desired rights for women did become legislation before the civil war. The prime example, despite being slightly outside the time frame listed, was the Married Women’s Property Law of 1860 in my home state of New York, which granted women the ability to retain ownership of property and money, giving them the increased sovereignty I knew they deserved. In the long run, even beyond my death, my work had major impacts, positive impacts. Although I did not live to see the day, one day women did receive the vote which I knew they always desired. Colleges began to accept women, giving them the equal educational opportunities. I had always insisted upon the right of women to enter those job fields to which they felt most able, and this impact can be viewed perfectly as, through the 20th and into the 21st centuries, women increasingly entered various fields, departing from the domestic sphere. My arguments for women to decide over when to have children became a facet of politics, and birth control, for example, became increasingly available and used. With all of this considered, I could not be more satisfied with how my