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Background Information
During this time period there were very distint gender roles. Men were expected to be strong, coarse, reserved, intelllectural, and expected to make a living for himself and his familiy. While a women was expected to model a "True Woman". A "True Woman" was supposed to be religious, morally pure, physically delicate, highly emotional, submissive to her husband, and lastly a "True Woman" was devoted to housekeeping and raising her children. -
Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society
This group was created because women could not join the American Anti-Slavery Society. This organization petitioned for anti-slavery, donated money to the Pennsylvania Abolition Society, and supported the Underground Railroad by donating money, providing housing, and transporting escaped slaves. -
Mississippi passes Married Woman's Property Act
Mississipi is the first state to pass Married Woman's Property Act. This was the first state that allowed married women the right to hold property in their ownnames.
(Begginning of 1839) -
Labor Association in Massachusetts (LFLRA)
Female testile workers in MA create the Lwell Female Labor Reform Assosiaction (LFLRA). They demand a 10-hour work day and this is one of the first labor assosiations for women in the US.
(October 1844) -
Harriet Tubman escapes slavery
Harriet Tubman escapes slavery, for the next ten years she is a part of the Underground Railroad to help other slaves escape to freedom. She is one of the few women in the Underground Railroad. -
The Bloomer is made
Amelia Bloomer leads the dress reform and has a costume made after her called "The Bloomer". Later on the Bloomer is deserted because women feared it distracted from more serious suffrage issues.
(Day is unspecified) -
"Ain't I a Woman?" Speech
A former slave (Sojourner Truth) gives "Ain't I a Woman?" speech at a women's rights meeting in Akron ,Ohio. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe releases Uncle Tom's Cabin. This book influenced public opinion on slavery and was the second best selling book after the bible. -
Civil War breaks
Civil War is started and disrupts the suffrage movement, women now concentrate on "war work." -
American Equal Rights Assosiation
Elizabeth Stanton and Susan B. Anthony form the American Equal Rights Association. This an organization for white and black men and women for universal suffrage.
