Campaign for Women's Rights
The evangelical movements of the Second Great Awakening also helped spark a campaign to end economic and political discrimination against women. Upstate New York, known as the “Burned Over District” because of its frequent revivals, became the site of many reform movements as the people living there seized the opportunity to act to improve the world. Sarah and Angela Grimke, Francis Wright, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton led successful efforts to change laws that limited women's property rights. In 1848, the movement held a Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, New York, to discuss suffrage, equal educational opportunities, and the elimination of legal discrimination.
Interview: Women's Rights
Learn more about the early women's rights movement by conducting an interview with Dr. Thomas, a historian who is an expert in this field.
