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Womens rights convention in US
It was held at Seneca Falls in NY. During this many sign a "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions", this led to many more womens rights meetings -
Amelia Jenks Bloomer
launched the dress reform by wearing a dress bearing her name. Many thought it detracted from serious womens rights issues -
Robert Owen
he unsucsessfully fought on behalf of womens rights at the indianapolis convention -
Hoosier Women
this included Amanda Way held a womens rights convention in Indiana thus a year later at a meeting in Richmond a Womens rights assosciation was created -
Uncle Toms Cabin
Created by Harriet beecher Stowe, rapidly became a bestseller. -
Lucretia Mott
she wrote Discourse on women arguing that inferiority of women can be from their education oppertunities -
Indiana Womens rights assosiation presents a petition
presented to Indiana General Assembly seeking equal property rights and amendment to state constitution granting right to vote -
civil war disrupts suffrage activity
North and south focused on war work while giving eomen oppertunities for training for jobs because men were on duty -
Elizabeth Stanton Susan B Anthony
formed equal rights organization for white and black people dedicated to suffrage
