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1 Reform The Spirit of Reform improvement or change for the better
Organized attempts to improve conditions of life

2 REFORM Targets: I can explain the need for reform in regards to education in the US. I can explain the need for reform in regards to African Americans’ rights in the US. I can describe the power of the underground railroad. I can explain the need for reform in regards to women’s rights in the US.

3 Women’s Right Movement
Women lacked full social and political rights – could not vote or hold public office, Women could not attend college or enter professions such as medicine or law Married women could not own property or keep their own wages

4 Seneca Falls Convention – 1st women’s rights convention, attracted over 300 women,
proclaimed that “all men and women are created equal”

5 5. Women’s Right Movement
Demanded suffrage or the right of women to vote Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton – worked to win rights for women, founded the National Woman Suffrage Association


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