Antebellum Reform Movements Dbq Analysis

The women’s right movement began in 1843 in Seneca Falls, New York, which sparked the revolution of women obtaining equal rights. In 1920, females are finally given a voice, however; African American women weren’t given suffrage until the 1970’s. One woman named Sojourner Truth stood up for all women for women’s rights with her famous speech “Ain’t I a woman?” told at the Women’s Convention in Akron, Ohio in 1851. Truth argues that all girls’ specifically African American ladies should have the same rights as men since women can do the exact same thing stating she does the same work a man does and maybe even more since she was a slave at one point. The reason why Truth gets her message across is because she has credibility since she uses pathos by stating that 13 of her children are seized from her, ethos since she is a woman who once was a slave, logos by comparing the work an average white man does versus what the average African American woman do ,allusion by bringing Christ into the lecture stating that Christ came from God and a woman and that man has nothing to do with Christ since a woman gave birth to him, and juxtaposition by announcing that a man is contradicting himself on a statement he said. All

During the 1800’s, the United States had gone through many social, political, and religious changes, by which was called the Antebellum Reform Period. The social reforms that had been made during the Antebellum Reform period was the changes to education and prison treatment. Also during the Antebellum period, there were political changes in the United States because of women’s suffrage movement and abolitionism. Finally during the Antebellum period, there were changes in religious morals because of Second Great Awakening. In the Antebellum period, reforms such as education, prison treatment, women’s rights, slavery, and people’s morals were made because of many movements and historical figures.

Throughout their lives Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton worked tirelessly to bring about various social and political changes. From abolition, and temperance, to the varying long denied rights of women throughout the country; from divorce rights, guardianship of children, equal pay and control of earnings, property rights, education, to the vote. Together they created the National Women’s Suffrage Association, the Women’s State Temperance Society, the Women’s National Loyal League, wrote and published their own newspaper titled The Revolution, lectured across the country and lobbied for equal rights, with a focus on women’s rights.

The speech by Sojourner Truth, which is called "AIN'T I A WOMAN?", is a powerful speech held in 1851 at the Women's Convention in Akron, Ohio. Truth is a former female slave and she expresses her views on woman's rights in a very persuasive way. This analysis is going to include rhetoric devises used in this speech. In addition, links to other persuasive speeches will be written.

Sarah and Angelina Grimke were two sisters who lived in the south, but joined the abolition movement regardless (Kendall 35). The abolition movement was closely linked to the women’s rights movement because many saw the cult of domesticity as a form of slavery (Marshall). The Grimkes attended and spoke at a series of lectures in 1837 and 1838. Their speeches were later published as “Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Woman” (Kendall 37). In one letter to her sister, Sarah is quoted to have said “all I ask of our brethren is, that they will take their feet from off our necks and permit us to stand upright on the ground which God designed us to occupy” (Kendall 36).

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal;” this quote is from the Declaration of Sentiments written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton for the Seneca Falls Convention held on July 19th and 20th of 1848. This convention was the first to be organized by women for women’s rights and Frederick Douglass was the only African-American in attendance. Because of his attendance, one would assume that he supports women’s rights, but based on his portrayal of his female characters in his autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave, he may have a view of women that sees them as secondary to men through his underdeveloped female characters, also he finds it shocking that they can be capable

Just like Las Casas, Angelina Grimke and her sister Sarah are two very famous women that created history together. While Bartolome De Las Casas changed the Latin Community forever, these sisters changed the way Anti-Slavery was protested. They not only wanted to free the enslaved, but they wanted to end discrimination throughout the United States. The Grimke sisters were not just famous for their avocation against slavery, they were also among the first abolitionists to acknowledge the importance of women’s rights. These two icons were not separate from the other advocates because of their declamatory and legendary talents, nor their never-ending assurance of the causes of racial and gender equality. It was their first-hand experience

While Jackson’s accomplishments may have shown how great democracy can be at reforming governments and regenerating a race of men, his words likely rang hollow for the oppressed people of this period. Early Americans experienced varying levels of prosperity and prejudice depending on where they fit into the society. The Anglo-American male had opportunities available to gain wealth, land, and increase their social standing. For certain populations like the African-Americans, Native-Americans, and women to a certain extent, this wasn’t the case. Due to the lack of equal opportunities experienced by many, the nineteenth century America resembled more of herrenvolk republic, than that of a true republic.

“Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman.” This quote by Susan B. Anthony, stated during the women’s suffrage movement, illustrates the hypocrisy women faced during the late 1800’s. Furthermore, it displays that women’s rights can be compared to that of an enslaved human being instead of a free United States citizen. Throughout American history gender inequality has been a prevalent, ongoing, concern. Sherna Berger Gluck’s novel, From Parlor to Prison, is a collection of stories from five American suffragists depicting their lives while working towards passing the 19th Amendment. Gluck transcribes the stories of Sylvie Thygeson, Jessie Haver Butler, Miriam Allen deFord, Laura Ellsworth Seiler, and Ernestine Hara Ketter and their unique contribution to history. Together these five women acted and contributed to changes the constitution and passing the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote, which lead to more equality in the United States. This historical novel not only gives a sense of the movement, but of the working-, middle-, and upper-class women who were apart of it. In addition, the book gives insight to how difficult it was to stand for a cause one believed in. Furthermore, the people contributing to women’s right to vote were treated unjustly comitant to other radical changes in history. The women taking part in working towards passing the 19th Amendment faced oppression, similar to that that

Reading the Declaration of Sentiments, there is an understanding of the oppressions women's faced during the 1800's. In the Declaration of Sentiments the Elizabeth Cady Stanton

They also became pioneers in the women’s rights movements. Some male abolitionists supported the right of women to speak and participated equally with men in antislavery activities. The Grimke sisters argued that woman had an ethical duty to end slavery. As women, they were compassionate and they could relate with the difficulty of enslaved women throughout the

The decade of the 1850s was a turbulent period for minority groups in the United States of America primarily affecting African-Americans and women. This was an era of rampant slavery, unjust conditions, such as job discrimination and limited access to education, and the severe lack of equal rights. When Sojourner Truth emerged as one of the first African-American women to ascend into the eye of the public, with her delivery of a speech at the National Women’s Convention in 1851, she became a fundamental representation of the struggle for liberation and suffrage for those considered an inferior standard of citizen or not a citizen whatsoever. In her speech, “Ain’t I a Woman?” Truth effectively fires the arrows of anecdotal references, repetition,

Reform movements that started in the early 19th century in the United States were influenced by the Second Great Awakening. It inspired many to challenge and fight social norms and make a social reform. In the 1800s United States is still a new country but, as nationalism grew so did democratic ideals our country stands on. In the reform movements (women's rights, anti- slavery, public education, etc.) people and groups sought to expand democratic ideals–liberty, equality, justice, etc.–to people other than the white male.

Many women struggle with the concept of the “glass ceiling”, meaning that for many of our Nations working women, they have yet to gain the same employment rights as men. However, America has made a complete turnaround in regards to 1827. Sojourner Truth who was born a slave, faced not only the inequality of races but more prominently the inequality of the sexes. In her speech at the 1851 Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio, Truth examines gender inequality. This critical approach of feminism not only made Truth a face of the feminist movement, but also enabled Truth to become one of the first black women slaves to demand not only equality in regards to race, but also to that of gender.

When the strict religious values began to weaken after the revolution, The Second Great Awakening began. With the movement came new religious sects and a fiery zeal for god. But most importantly, it also brought attempts to create a utopian society “God’s kingdom on earth”, this would be done by fighting injustices and evils on earth. Although the prohibition movement had wide ranging future social impacts, the most important reform movements in Antebellum America were the feminist movement, which first advocated for equality in education, the movement for public education, which created the foundation for a nation of good citizens, and most importantly, the abolition movement, which pushed sectionalism to its breaking point by challenging the institution of slavery.