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Sammabine Admettre
HIS 200: Applied History
Southern New Hampshire University March 27, 2023
Final Writing Plan
My historical event analysis will center on the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which was first enacted by Congress in 1972 and had to be ratified by March 1979 in or-
der to become law. Women's studies programs were established at universities, and the right to terminate an employee because of her pregnancy was protected (Burkett, 2019). A historic num-
ber of women sought elective office, and many of them began to succeed (Burkett, 2019).
In 1923, Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman, two pioneers of the women's suffrage move-
ment, developed the first version of the Equal Rights Amendment (Alex Cohen & Wilfred U. Codrington III, 2020). After successfully campaigning for women's suffrage, which resulted in the 19th Amendment, proponents for women's rights saw the ERA as the natural next step (Alex Cohen & Wilfred U. Codrington III, 2020). The following research question: What Role Did the Anti-Slavery Movement Play in Helping to Advance Women's Rights?
To forward the cause of abolition and women's rights, abolitionist males encouraged and enabled women to speak up in public. Throughout the abolitionist movement, men like William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass helped raise awareness about the plight of women (Li-
brary Of Congress, 2019). A movement formed towards the close of the 18th century demanding
an end to slavery and the slave trade (Oldfield, 2021). Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, abolitionists achieved more success than almost any other reform movement (Oldfield, 2021). It was also the longest one (Oldfield, 2021). They thought that by writing gender equality into our constitution, we might remove many of the barriers that hindered women from being treated as equals (Alex Cohen & Wilfred U. Codrington III, 2020).
One of the most influential social movements of the late 18th and early 19th century was abolitionist. It also held the record for the longest duration. It took another 26 years for Britain to
end her colonial slavery in the Caribbean after the slave trade was outlawed. It's easy to see abo-
lition through a triumphalist lens, but the truth is otherwise. At every turn, anti-slavery advocates
faced up against entrenched pro-slavery forces. My primary source, an article on the End of Slavery in Britain and the Slave Trade by Professor John Oldfield(https://www.bl.uk/restoration-
18th-century-literature/articles/abolition-of-the-slave-trade-and-slavery-in-britain
). Colonialism and slavery in the years between the 18th and 19th amendments are the article's main focus.
Abolitionists sought to end the practice of slavery in the United States because they con-
sidered it as a moral evil and economic burden. “How long should the lovely girls of Africa be obliged to bury their brains and skills under a burden of iron pots and kettles?” wondered Boston
reformer and African American abolitionist Maria Stewart in 1832. In the face of economic marginalization, segregation, and slavery, her vision of rights for African American women was based on universal rights found in the US Constitution, Declaration of Independence, French Declaration of the Rights of Man, and Haitian Revolution (1791–1804), the largest slave uprising
(Marino, 2019).
These primary sources highlight the public information drive against slavery and the vari-
ous events that occurred simultaneously with the women's movement. The biggest slave insur-
rection, the Haitian Revolution (1791–1804), is cited alongside the United States Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the French Declaration of the Rights of Man, and others (Marino, 2019). According to my findings, the movement for women's suffrage began since all males but not women were allowed to vote throughout the study period. The secondary source, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony created the National Woman Suffrage Associa-
tion (NWSA) in May 1869 to fight against the 15th Amendment, which denied women the right to vote (National Archives, 2017).
Letter to Congress in Support of Women's Suffrage from Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Others is another excellent secondary source. This petition to the Senate and House of Representatives was written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and four other pioneers in the fight for women's rights (DOCS Teach, 2017). They lobbied Congress to pass a measure that would provide women the right to vote in American elections (DOCS Teach,
2017). These ladies also requested an opportunity to address this matter before both chambers of Congress (DOCS Teach, 2017).
Based on what I've learned so far, I'll try to prove the following thesis: Despite women's best efforts, society still views them as second class citizens deserving of less protec-
tions than males. Women are held hostage the right to vote, discriminated against on the basis of their gender at work, and forced to keep to themselves. For these and other reasons, I am totally
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against any kind of abuse of women's rights, and will seems like the ideal place for me to air my grievances.
It is my intention to write this historical study for a readership that has a strong interest in
the history of the ERA, anti-slavery, and women's movement. Everyone in the audience will be able to empathize with the struggle that all women go through to gain equal rights.
When I write for this audience, I intend to concentrate on the fact that the women's rights movement of the middle of the 1800s gained momentum thanks to abolitionist sentiment and the religious fervor that surrounded the Second Great Awakening. What brought together proponents
of both ending slavery and women's rights? They agreed that everyone in the United States should be afforded the protections provided by the Bill of Rights.
For this audience, my message will be clear, but as I learn more about this topic, so will my readers. The concept that Black American women and European American women have a lot
in common was expanded upon by abolitionist feminists. The women's movement to free slaves mirrored their own experiences of sexism and oppression. White women of means often drew parallels between the plight of the slave and the constraints of marriage and the law, and they of-
ten saw themselves in the experiences of black women.
Reference
Alex Cohen, & Wilfred U. Codrington III. (2020, January 23). The Equal Rights Amendment Explained. Brennan Center for Justice. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/re-
search-reports/equal-rights-amendment-explained
Burkett, E. (2019). Women
’
s rights movement - Successes and failures. In Encyclop
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dia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/event/womens-movement/Successes-and-fail
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ures
DOCS Teach. (2017). Letter to Congress from Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Others in Support of Women
’
s Suffrage | DocsTeach. Docsteach.org. https://www.doc-
steach.org/documents/document/congress-stanton-anthony
Library Of Congress. (2019). Abolition, Anti-Slavery Movements, and the Rise of the Sectional Controversy - The African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship | Exhibi-
tions (Library of Congress). Loc.gov. https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african-american-
odyssey/abolition.html
Marino, K. M. (2019). The International History of the US Suffrage Movement (U.S. National Park Service). Nps.gov. https://www.nps.gov/articles/the-internationalist-history-of-
the-us-suffrage-movement.htm
National Archives. (2017, January 23). Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment. National Ar-
chives; National Archives. https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/woman-suf-
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Oldfield, J. (2021, February 4). Abolition of the slave trade and slavery in Britain. The British Library. https://www.bl.uk/restoration-18th-century-literature/articles/abolition-of-the-
slave-trade-and-slavery-in-britain