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Characteristics of the Women’s Movement. Jen Van Allen Period 5 Ap us history. Basics. Discussion of the Social, Civil, and Religious condition of women. Did not begin in a single place or focus exclusively on voting Process was complex Paulina Wright Davis. Middle Class Women.
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Characteristics of the Women’s Movement Jen Van Allen Period 5 Ap us history
Basics Discussion of the Social, Civil, and Religious condition of women. Did not begin in a single place or focus exclusively on voting Process was complex Paulina Wright Davis
Middle Class Women The movement was lead mainly by middle class women Expressed problems that women faced in male-dominated society First important American Feminist movement
Women’s Rights • In the 1830s and 1840s women suffered from restrictions • Society • Men • Family • Doctrine of “separate spheres” • Separates men and women • Men’s sphere= politics, economy, commerce and law • Women’s sphere= domestic life, child-rearing, housekeeping, religious education
Goals of the Movement Conventions were held in the Northeast and the Midwest but never the south. Links to anti-slavery and temperance movement It promoted education rights and legal rights like voting
