Women were important in the abolitionist cause before the Civil War. Harriet Beecher Stowe published _____ in 1852 and brought the personal cruelty and horrors of slavery to life. And the former slave _____ spoke powerfully for an end to slavery as well as for women’s rights, including at a memorable speech in 1851 in Akron, Ohio.

Women were important in the abolitionist cause before the Civil War. Harriet Beecher Stowe published _ in 1852 and brought the personal cruelty and horrors of slavery to life. And the former slave _ spoke powerfully for an end to slavery as well as for women’s rights, including at a memorable speech in 1851 in Akron, Ohio.