Reform Movements USI 8d

Suffrage Movement The movement to give equal rights to women

Beliefs All men and women are created equal

Women were denied basic rights Denied the right to vote Denied higher educational opportunities

Denied rights continued….. Denied equal opportunities in business Limited in rights to own property

Leaders Led by women Began before the Civil War and continued after the war

Isabel Sojourner Truth Former enslaved African American, was a nationally known advocate for equality and justice Spoke for women’s rights

Susan B. Anthony Campaigned for the right for women to vote Pictured on the dollar

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Played a leadership role in the women’s rights movement. Also spoke for women’s right to be educated and to own property

Abolitionist Movement Believed that slavery was morally wrong Believed it was cruel and inhumane Believed slavery was a violation of the principles of democracy Demanded that slaves be freed immediately

Harriet Tubman Led hundreds of enslaved African Americans to freedom along the Underground Railroad

William Lloyd Garrison Wrote the Liberator and worked for the immediate emancipation of all enslaved African Americans

Frederick Douglass Former slave who escaped to New York Wrote the North Star and worked for rights to better the lives of African Americans and women