CRM/LAW C113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Stephanie Coontz

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Criminology, Law and Society
• Course: CRM/LAW C113
• Professor: Hillary Berk

Document Summary

Stephanie coontz and equality and why there"s been a stall in equality today despite the very strong women"s movement. If equality isn"t present, families would revert to making choices based on fallback positions. Referred to as the first wave of reform when it comes to gender equality. 1848 = year for women"s rights movements in seneca falls. 1920 = the right to vote (suffrage) = 19th amendment. The passage of the post-reconstruction amendments (13-15th amendments) Seeking equality of citizenship = mutual efforts that were happening in order to have reform of the american legal system. Lucretia mott, elizabeth cady stanton, grimke sisters = important figures in women"s movement. Elizabeth cady stanton = part of more radical group; national. Frederick douglass = in our eyes, the rights of woman and the rights of man are identical we ask no rights, we advocate no rights for ourselves, which we would not ask and advocate for woman.