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Women's rights during the 19th century
In the 19th century, a fellow special men and women took charge of their faith and stood up for what they believed in. In a time where women where looked at as property, this men and women looked to change things. -
One of the first academically rigorous schools for girls
Emma Willard opened one of the first academically rigorous schools for girls in Troy, New York. The school was named Troy Female Seminary. -
American Temperance Society
The American Temperance Society was formed in order to help reduced the use of alcohol and combat drunkenness. Within five years, there was 2,220 local chapters with 17,000 members. -
First school to admit African American women
Prudence Crandall ran the first school to admit African American women in Canterbury, Conncticut. -
The publishing of An Appeal to Christian Women of the South
Angelina Grimké publishes An Appeal to Christian Women of the South in order to encourage women to help overthrow slavery. -
Ohio's Oberlin College
Ohio's Oberlin College became the first fully coeducational college because they admitted four women to their degree program. -
Gaining male allies
William Lloyd Garrison is one of the few men to help support women abolitionist. -
Seneca Falls Convention
First women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. Nearly 300 men and women attended the Wesleyan Methodist Church for the event. -
First women to graduate medical college
Elizabeth Blackwell was the first women to graduate medical college, attending Geneva Medical College. She later opened New York Infirmary For Women and Children.
