HIST 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mercy Otis Warren
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The 1860 speech by elizabeth cady stanton, "a slave "s appeal," was instrumental in gaining the votes needed to pass the act. Throughout 1861, the women"s rights movement was halted while its founders and participants were participating in the. Civil war (see, for example, military service, american women and; National woman"s loyal league; and u. s. a. on april 10, 1862, the new. York state legislature revised the property act during this wartime interruption of an active women"s movement. Some of the amendments were beneficial to women. Nonetheless, sections 9, 10, and 11 were repealed in a significant setback for women. As a result, mothers lost equitable custody of their children, and widows with dependent children lost use of the estate of a deceased husband. Adair act: an ohio statute passed in 1854 allowing the drunkards " mothers or wives to sue alcohol dealers for damages.
