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Abolitionism and the Women's Suffrage Movement

Abolitionism and the Women's Suffrage Movement. The Call to End Slavery. Abolition began in the late 1700’s. -By the 1800’s there was a push to make the whole country anti-slave. Many believe that slavery is morally wrong.

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Abolitionism and the Women's Suffrage Movement

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  1. Abolitionism and the Women's Suffrage Movement

  2. The Call to End Slavery • Abolition began in the late 1700’s. • -By the 1800’s there was a push to make the whole country anti-slave. • Many believe that slavery is morally wrong. • Many begin writing to encourage others to join the abolitionist movement. • William Lloyd Garrison creates The Liberator.

  3. Famous African-American Abolitionist

  4. The Road to the Voting Booth • Seneca Falls, 1848: At this convention, many of the women’s rights leaders met and declared their intentions to fight for the vote • As new states were brought into the union, some allowed women the right to vote, even though the federal law did not (Wyoming was the first state to grant women suffrage) • As the suffrage movement gained more followers, women used many different tactics to get their message across- they had parades, protests, conventions, boycotts and drew up petitions and legislation

  5. Suffragettes: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony • Organized the Seneca Falls convention • Drew up legislation • Wrote speeches and essays advocating women’s rights • Fought for not only suffrage, but equality • Life-long friends

  6. Civil Disobedience in Action Parading for votes Carrying the banner

  7. Civil Disobedience in Action Suffragettes often picketed for their rights. Here, some women are holding signs telling the government to stop treating suffragettes as criminals by throwing them in jail as political prisoners.

  8. Alice Paul, an “Iron Jawed Angel” Alice Paul celebrates the passage of the 19th Amendment, which finally gave women the right to vote.

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