Lucretia Mott

America entered a time of progress and reform from 1890 to the 1920’s. This timeframe marked a great turning point for women in society. Progressive legislation, like the nineteenth amendment, helped create the flapper sub­culture that encouraged the liberalization of women in society. The sub­culture encouraged use of birth control, and encourage women to take control of their own lives. Before 1890, the role women played in society was very limited. They were to stay home to clean, raise and…

An underlying message that I’ve noticed throughout the accounts included in these readings is the difference between “women” and “ladies.” The first paragraph of “Resistance Rises” is quick to note that these early glass ceiling-breakers were “not well-behaved ladies” like their gender informed them to be, but “women reshaping themselves.” This subtle distinction has helped me to compartmentalize a female’s transformation. The lady remains quiet while the woman speaks out; the lady sits while…

Document One What type of list does Bennett make here? Bennett is making a list about topics in the government and in our world that need to be addressed such as women’s rights. To what does Bennett compare Lucretia Mott and other defenders of women’s rights? Bennett compare Lucretia Mott and other defenders of women’s rights to the devil and the defenders to the devil’s angels. Document Two Where did Henry Amringe make these comments? This comment was made in England I say that because of this…

Have you ever wondered what the women did in WW1? The women’s suffrage movement and the 19th amendment were a tough movement for women to accomplish until its victorious day granted women the right to vote. To understand the women's suffrage. I will be diving into why women should vote and the conventions. The 19th Amendment lawfully promises American women the right to vote. In the early 1800s, women prearranged, petitioned, and demonstrated to win the right vote, but it took them years to…

A Time of Rebellion The 1830’s through 1861 was a time of rebellion and progress. When Cyrus McCormick invented the mechanical mower it increased the efficiency of wheat farming. The Market Revolution brought railways, new farming systems and an increased need for labor. Wheat farming, cotton trading, and industrial factories were expanding. Slaves did more work than ever before and rights of people were ignored. African American were slaves for too long and were finally getting sick of working…

Seneca Falls, New York (Footnote). After being prohibited to enter a convention in London on world slavery because, they were women. There was a discussion about whether or not female delegates should partake in the convention. After that debate, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton decided to create their own convention to discuss the rights that women should have. This started because at the convention, the women were segregated from the male speakers and were lucky enough that the men…

They became friends and discussed the issues of slavery and women’s rights. Both of them decided to hold a convention to talk about women’s rights once they got back to the United States. Eight years later, after writing back and forth to each other, Mott told Stanton that she was coming to Seneca Falls to visit her sister (3). Stanton invited her over for tea. The two discussed the same things they did at the convention, including how limited they felt as women. They decided to invite people…

She, Lucretia Mott, Martha Coffin Wright, and a handful of other women systematized the first women’s rights convention at the Stanton home in Seneca Falls on July 19 and 20. Stanton wrote a Declaration of Sentiments, which she displayed on the Declaration of Independence…

From 1848 to 1920 thousands of women in the United States fought to attain the same civil and political status as men, including the all important right to vote.They had a lot working against them victorian era scientists argued that women were by nature inferior to men, even claiming that the shape and size of female skulls were evidence of their weaker brainpower. Sadly early women's rights activists such as elizabeth cady stanton and susan b anthony would die before they could see their end…

down upon by many, mostly the men and government officials who were not seeing eye to eye with the women. In the Declaration of Sentiments it states, “Women do feel themselves aggrieved, oppressed, and deprived of their most sacred rights” (Stanton & Mott 3). These innocent ladies were suffering under the government and this was being done to them for no apparent reason. In 1848 there was still slavery in the U.S., and the equality among the people was not in sight. A few years later, the…