1. Reform Movements
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2. Suffrage Movement
The movement to give equal rights to women

3. Beliefs
All men and women are created equal

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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

10. 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

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

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

13. 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