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the Abolitionist ovement beginning around 1930. Just a3 in the “A
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In the sixties, 4 reawakening of the Women’s Movement occurred 47
in the United. States. We sav reawakening because prior te 19820
ané dating back bo the early 1800's, there wags @ growing and vital
‘ gentnist movement in the United States and Yestern Eyrope, Par-
ticularly Ingland and France. Women were intimately involved .n tye
ey peeen
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1970's, the Abolitionist somen came to recognise their own ocrression
tereeh struggling for tne freedom | of other oppressed pecpole.
‘Shee were not treated as the political equals of the Abolitionist
men. consequently, they began to make their own demands for poli-
tical freedom. in gm me segments of the movement, cultural oppressic™
bepme a focus as well. On July 19, 1948, the first ‘woman's Rights
Convention§” was neid in Seneca Falls, New York. The delegates
anproved 8 Declaration of Sentiments that called for civil equal lty
md included a suffrage resolution. Yomen continued to strugrle
far abolition until and throughout the Civil War. Their demands fo-
romen' yierts and suffrage were put aside by men finally in the
fntoress of passing the 13, 14, end 15 amndments to the Constitu-
& tote The latter amendment propivited the denial of suffrane on
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Beeruse of these serbackS, Tome r<llied around the priority
ae ata imiac gufitrage. However, ther was divisiveness in che
eagenant besveen tne conservetive faction{american Normn Suffranre
y stat Comusel rriomritiy on che vete, ard tre more roaical fact:
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