Lucretia

Louisa May Alcott was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania on November 29, 1832, to Abby May and Amos Bronson Alcott (Price). In a letter to her father twenty-five years later, Alcott described herself as being born “bawling at the disagreeable world” (Kort). Louisa May Alcott’s father was a philosopher and educator, a leader in transcendentalism, and a spokesman for the abolitionist movement (Heginbotham). Fascinated by child development, he observed his own children in various stages, including,…

In 1840, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott were refused seats at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London. As a result, they held their own convention on women’s rights. This inspired many women to stand up and speak out about the equality of women and equal participation in abolitionist…

beaten, or have their property rights relinquished. Women began to state their own opinions on societal issues, joining together in general reform for the issues of temperance and abolition of slavery. Women including Sarah and Angelina Grimke and Lucretia Mott began with abolitionism, believing that “women, with the strength and enlightening power of truth on their side, may… do something to overthrow [slavery]” (Doc C). Other non-woman’s rights issues were criticized, like the dilemma of…

The celebration was to include many domestic and foreign dignitaries, including the acting Vice-President Senator Thomas Ferry as a replacement for President Grant. The women were determined to make a point and conquer the opportunity to discuss women’s rights in front of them. They had asked respectfully and were turned down and they were determined to make their presence and the Declaration of Women known. Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Sara Andrews Spencer, Lillie Devereux Blake and…

The movement for women's rights was one of the three most prominent movements in the history of the twentieth century. Among the events that have actually contributed to the development of the movement, much attention and high level of recognition is devoted to the Seneca Falls Convention that was held in 1848. At the modern time, this convention is referred to as the most prominent event in the history of women's rights movement designating the beginning of the worldwide campaign for the…

women had many opponents that physically abused and jailed them. In 1848, things began to get more serious, women had to fight harder. The women’s rights movement began to organize at national level. In July, reformers such as Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott, organized the first women’s rights convention which was held in Seneca Falls, New York. Over 300 people showed up; of course, most were women. History.com staff mentioned, “Groups of delegates that Elizabeth Stanton led produced a…

Women’s Suffrage: The 19th Amendment and Getting the Right to Vote The year was 1848. Something historic had happened in Seneca Falls, New York. More than 300 men and women assembled for the nation’s first women’s rights convention. (Library of Congress.) Woman suffragist, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, declared that “all men and women are created equal.” (Keller, 598.) She had based her ideas on the Declaration of Independence. (Barber, 193.) From then on, thousands of people participated in the…

The Seneca Falls Convention was organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and other influential women. The purpose of this convention was to increase the amount of support for the women’s suffrage movement. It was the starting point for women’s suffrage in the U.S., and it motivated women to learn the skills needed…

Douglass and Jefferson “In Discussion: Which Writer Would Fredrick Douglass Find Most Important” If you had to pick one writer between Lao-Tzu, Machiavelli, Rousseau, or Jefferson that represented your view on government who would you choose? Fredrick Douglass was an American slave. He wrote a narrative on his life and how he learned to read and write. Mason Lowance writes, “Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave who became an abolitionist orator, newspaper editor, writer, and adviser to…

When people learn that someone has been to prison, they normally assume that the person is immoral, but what if the law that had been broken was immoral? Ideally, a law’s purpose is to keep order and ensure the rights of citizens, but at what point does that law stop protecting the rights of individuals and start being punitive for punishment’s sake? One such group on the receiving end of some of these laws is women. While granting equal rights to women may seem like the obvious choice, many…