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Womens Suffrage

Fighting for Womens Rights

Harriet Isecke

Consultant

Publishing Credits

Marcus McArthur, Ph.D.

Dona Herweck Rice, Editor-in-Chief

Department of History

Lee Aucoin, Creative Director

Saint Louis University

Chris McIntyre, M.A.Ed., Editorial Director

Torrey Maloof, Associate Editor

Neri Garcia, Senior Designer

Stephanie Reid, Photo Researcher

Rachelle Cracchiolo, M.S.Ed., Publisher

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Table of Contents

The Fight for Rights

Did you know that when the United States was founded, women

did not have the same rights as men? Women could not own property .

Women could not attend most colleges. They were not allowed to do

many of the same jobs that men did. And, when they did work the

same jobs, men were paid more for the same work.

Some women accepted these rules and made the best of their

lives. Others fought for more rights and opportunities. They fought

to change the laws. A little bit at a time, they started succeeding.

Women were slowly given more rights. But, there was still one big

right that they did not have. Women still could not vote.

Suffragists on parade in New York City in 1912

Mary

Wollstonecraft

Famous First

One of the first women to

write about womens rights

was Mary Wollstonecraft.

She was from England. In

1792, she wrote a famous

book called A Vindication

of the Rights of Woman . In

her book, Wollstonecraft

said men and women

should be equal.

All Men Are

A suffragist poster

Created Equal

John Adams signed

the Declaration of

The fight to change the law to allow women to

Independence in

vote was called the Suffrage (SUHF-rij) Movement.

1776. His wife,

Abigail, requested

Those who joined this fight were called suffragists .

that he and the other

Many brave suffragists organized groups, gave

men remember

speeches, and held marches and parades. It took

the ladies. By this,

women almost 150 years to get the right to vote.

she meant to give

This is the story of how they did it.

women the same

rights as men.

The Movement Begins

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Meets

Lucretia Mott

In 1840, a young Elizabeth Cady Stanton

left for England. She was on her way to an

antislavery convention in London. When she

arrived at the convention, she was shocked.

She learned that the British abolitionists

(ab-uh-LISH-uh-nists) had decided that no

woman would be able to participate in the

convention. Women would not be allowed to

speak, and they would have to sit in a

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

separate area.

It was at this convention that Cady Stanton

met Lucretia (loo-KREE-shuh) Mott. Mott was

a famous abolitionist. She fought hard to end

slavery. She was also a firm believer in equal

rights for women. Mott wanted women to be

able to own property. She wanted them to have

equal opportunities for a good education and

good jobs. She also wanted women to have legal

custody of their children. At that time, only

men had legal rights to children.

Cady Stanton and Mott decided they would

hold a convention to discuss womens rights. In

1848, the first Womans Rights Convention was

held in Seneca Falls, New York. Both women

Lucretia Mott

and men came to the convention. They talked

about ways to improve the lives of women.

And Women...

At the Womans Rights

Convention, Elizabeth Cady

Stanton read to the crowd

a special paper she had

written. It was called the

Declaration of Sentiments . It

was based on the Declaration

of Independence. But, Cady

Stantons declaration said

that all men and women are

created equal. It described

the plight of women. It

talked about how poorly

women were treated by men.

It said that women could not

get a good education, get

good jobs, or own property.

It demanded that women be

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