WS100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Postfeminism, Socalled, Eleanor Roosevelt
28 Jan 2018
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Emma willard; campaigned for establishment of colleges for women in the 1820s. Argued that education for women would extend the rights of man to everyone, making for general and human improvement. Some colleges began admitting women in the 1830s b/c of their efforts; primarily for upper-class white women. Political origins of feminism also lie in the abolitionist movement of the 1830s and efforts towards the abolition of slavery and women"s rights. Frederick douglass (abolitionist, former slave) and other male abolitionists believed women"s suffrage was necessary enfranchisement of all citizens. 1848; woman"s rights convention in seneca fall, ny. Approval of declaration of sentiments; declared all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness . Passed 12 resolutions (incl. granting women right to vote) After civil war, feminists worked to get the word sex added to the fifteenth amendment.
