Contributions of Women Abolitionists

The abolishment movement changed the role of women in American history. Before the abolition campaign, women were seen as idols not seen in society. A typical woman is only responsible for her mother's duties, food cleaning and preparation. Many women agree with this, but others do not agree. The desire to listen and treat at an equal position is shared by many women. Amazing women such as Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Caddy Stanton, Grimk's sister and others have become outstanding leaders of the abolition movement. I made a way in history.

Due to participation in the abolishment movement, some women came to accept feminism and the rights of women were asserted. The abolitionist and feminist Lydia Maria Child says: "The comparison between women and colored people is amazing, both are physically dependent," Elizabeth Cady Stanton and other women, including Lucy Stone and Susan B. Anthony, agreed. In 1848, about 300 male and female feminists were veterans of abolishment campaign and to the Seneca Falls conference in New York to participate in the women's rights conference hosted by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Kay Stanton We gathered. This is the first time since the annual general meeting which continues to this day.

We have all heard about Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman. Many other black women also make an important contribution to the abolition movement. However, before the scholarship in the second half of the 20th century, the collective efforts of black women were largely ignored. Some of the abolition of black women comes from a comfortable middle-class family, but many other women are working-class women who are classified as washing and low-wage jobs at home . The Forten family and Sarah Douglass are free, but many others are former slaves. But for all these women, the abolition has a personal meaning different from whites. Historian Shirley Yee said that although Blacks welcomed, their expectations for the supportive role of the "female field" is the same as the expectation of white male abolitionists against white women. Naturally, white and black women have different views from men.

Women play an important role in the abolition movement and are often opening up new perspectives for women and black people. By the mid-1930s, the abolitionists made intense discussions on whether women should participate in 'male' activities due to this cause. In fact, the idea of ​​the Convention on the First Women 's Rights held in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848 was derived from dissatisfaction among female abolitionists who restricted their role. In 1831, Maria Stewart started writing the paper, made a speech to slavery, promoted black education and economic independence. Stewart was the first black woman talking about political issues in public places, or any color woman, and retired in her last public speech in 1833 before working in a women's organization. Her career was short-lived but she laid the foundation for the next African-American women spokesperson: Francis Ellen Watkins Harper, Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tabman