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Changing the Role of Women in Antebellum America. Characteristics of the Women's Movement. Reasons for the Women’s Movement: Educational Rights Many worked as teachers but were denied higher education themselves Legal Rights Reproductive Rights Equal Pay Domestic Violence.
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Changing the Role of Women in Antebellum America Characteristics of the Women's Movement
Reasons for the Women’s Movement: • Educational Rights • Many worked as teachers but were denied higher education themselves • Legal Rights • Reproductive Rights • Equal Pay • Domestic Violence
The women’s movement was very similar to the anti-slavery movements • Followers in the Midwest and Northeast, but not the South