Female suffragettes that also took part in the abolitionist movement. They resented the way men relegated them to secondary roles and prevented them from taking part fully in policy discussions in the antislavery movement. In protest, Sarah Grimke wrote her Letter on the Condition of Women and the Equality of the Sexes (1837). They were both Quakers and often spoke out from personal experiences when it came to slavery and inequality between genders.
Susan B. Anthony
Was an American social reformer and women's rights activist that played a major role in the women's suffrage movement. She took part in the Seneca Falls Convention and lead many campaigns with Elizabeth Cady Stanton. In 1856, she became the state agent for the American Antislavery Society. Anthony was also a large supporter of Temperance.
Cult of Domesticity
Represented the new definitions of men and women's' roles in mainly urban, middle-class households. Men were expected to take care of economic and political affairs while the women stayed at home as caretakers. It also idealized the view of women as moral leaders in the home and educators of children. According to this idea, "true women" were supposed to possess four virtues: piety, purity, domesticity, and submissiveness.
Seneca Falls Convention
A women's rights convention held in New York that was organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and partially Susan B. Anthony. The famous abolitionist Frederick Douglass and around 300 others took part in this event. Also, this convention is where the Declaration of Sentiments was issued.
Lucretia Mott
Quaker activist in both the abolitionist and women's movements; with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, she was a principal organizer of the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. As an abolitionist, she helped found the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society in 1833.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
A member of the women's right's movement in 1840. She advocated suffrage for women at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 for which she also wrote the Declaration of Sentiments. After the convention, her and Susan B. Anthony lead campaigns in the 1850s for issues like equal voting and property rights for women.
Declaration of Sentiments
A document issued at the Seneca Falls Convention that was written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It listed women's grievances against discriminatory acts in society, was closely modeled after the Declaration of Independence, and stated that "all men and women are created equal". It was signed by 68 women and 32 men.