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Women in American Society (19th Century) - Coggle Diagram
Women in American Society (19th Century)
Women's Position in Society
Traditional roles
Most middle- and upper-class white women
Did not work for wages
Focused on home and family
Growing Public Role
Education
Charities
Reform movements
Importance
Foundations of modern women's rights movement
Education
Schools for Girls
Women founded and supported schools
Women's Colleges
Vassar College
Mount Holyoke College
Impact
Greater access to higher education
Opportunities beyond domestic life
Women as Educators
Teachers
Literacy campaigns
Social improvement initiatives
Social Reform Movements
Temperance Movement
Campaign against alcohol abuse
Social Welfare Reforms
Prison reform
Hospital reform
School reform
Help for immigrants
Help for the poor
Abolitionism
Opposition to slavery
Significance
Women gained political experience
Recognised links between
Racial discrimination
Gender inequality
Women's Rights Movement
Seneca Falls Convention (1848)
Leaders
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Demands
Property rights
Education
Employment opportunities
Divorce rights
Women's suffrage
After Seneca Falls
More conventions
Continued campaigning
Legal reform efforts
Key Leaders
Susan B. Anthony
Campaigns
Economic rights
Marital rights
Women's suffrage
Influence
Major leader of early feminist movement
Civil War & Divisions
Expanded Roles During Civil War
Nurses
Teachers
Government workers
Fifteenth Amendment
Result
Voting rights for Black men
Problem
Women excluded
Division Within Movement
Strategy 1
Federal suffrage amendment
Strategy 2
State-by-state suffrage campaigns
Progress and Limitations
Successes
Wyoming Territory (1869)
First territory granting women voting rights
Labor activism
Trade unions
Child labour reform
Limitations
Slow suffrage progress
Few states followed Wyoming before 1910
Issues Delayed Until 20th Century
Birth control
Abortion rights
Jury service
Legacy
Foundations for Future Change
Organised feminist movement
Reform experience
Educational opportunities
Suffrage campaigns
Long-term impact
Prepared the way for 20th-century feminism