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OR a PS Dae cE ES eee eee Pear ort Sh a Ao PEt ai: sh ngewarité Se In the sixties, a renwakenin- of the Voments Vovement occurred in the United States. je say reavazening because prior to 1920 and dating back to the early 1800's, there was a growing and vita} feminist move- ment in the United States and ‘lestern Europe, particularly lnmgland ad France. Women vere intimately involved in the Aboliticnist Movement beginning around 1830. Just as in the 1960's, the Abolitionist women came to recognize their own oppression through struggling fo the free- dom of other oppressed people, They vere not treated as the political equals of the Abolitionist men. Consequently, they began to make their own demands for political freedom. In some segments of the movement, cultural onpression became a focus as well, On July 19, 1848, the first “Yoman's Rights Convention” was held in Seneca Falls, New York. The selegates arprovec a Declaration of Sentiments that called for civil equality and included a suffrage resolution, ‘women continued to struggle for abolition until and throughout the Civil war. Their demands for women's rights and suffrage were put aside by men finally in the interest of passing the 13, 14 and 15 Amendments te the Constitution. The latter amendment prohibited the denial of suffrage on account of race but not SEX Because of these setbacks, women ralliec around the priority of obtaining suffrage. However, there was divisiveness in the movement between the conservative faction (American ‘ioman Suffrage Assn.) that focused primarily on the vote, and the more radical faction (National Woman Suffrace Assn.) that encompassed broader based aspects of ovrression, The NvSA saw suffrase as a means to eliminate oppression rather than the cause of it, | By 1°2C, national suffrare was won at a Gear cost. Endless campaigns for the vote anc their accomranying repression left the oments Movement CR epetar tet ey + . * Se ne ee 4 oe 1 a . ' . B mC IY ier—enitiein, GrRETERROr stmt he, ees recent an . fe. Pr ens MA.