CRM/LAW C10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Abolitionism
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Should we look at the impact and effects of laws, and not just their formal language? (substantive equality v. formal equality) Many important figures spoke at that convention. Intersection between justice, law, + morality -> next context. First wave of social reform when it comes to discrimination based on sex. Wanted to use 14th amendment to strike down laws discriminating based on sex. 1848 = year of the first ever women"s rights convention -> seneca falls. 1920 = the 19th amendment -> women"s suffrage. Equality and the constitution part 1: the woman movement to suffrage. All movements influenced the way people were looking at gender + discrimination. Women wanted some level of economic independence, basic access to education, basic reproductive + family rights, property rights, income rights, rights to be safe from domestic violence (basic demands of woman movement) Lucretia mott, grimke sisters, lucy stone, elizabeth cady stanton, susan b. anthony.