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Susan B Anthony Advantages

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Many limitations were placed on Women after the American Revolution. These women took many risks during this time and they gained no freedom. Women had limits on voting, property rights, legal rights, and many other issues. Many women fought for these rights. Of these women, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Abigail Adams, and Susan B. Anthony made a lot of progress in this movement. This was a very hard movement to make successful because of the time era. There was no technology to help them promote their campaign, there were no cars to campaign faster, and many more disadvantages held the women back. However these women were able to break the wall between genders even though these problems were in their way. Elizabeth Cady Stanton has caused one of the most important parts of the women’s rights movement. She lived in New York City from 1815 to 1902, and in those years she made a lot of history. On July 19 and 20, 1848 Stanton helped organize the Seneca Falls …show more content…

Anthony lived in the same time era as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and they worked together on many issues. Anthony’s desire to tell others about this problem came from a situation that had happened to her. She wanted to be a speaker at temperance rallies however, because she was a women she was not allowed to speak. This is a big part in how Anthony made a big impact on the women’s rights movement. Anthony attended her first Women’s Rights Convention in Syracuse, New York, in 1852. She lectured to almost every county in New York about her thoughts on the movement. She told others about her thoughts and feelings by traveling, Anthony took her petition campaign along with her to each county. Her campaign opened many people’s eyes about the issue. This campaign finally paid off in 1860 when the married women’s property act was passed. This act allowed married women to own property, enter contracts, and become legal guardians of their children. Anthony’s actions have helped many married and not married

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