Women’s Rights Essay, homework help

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Use the following websites, and any additional research (it is acceptable to use wikipedia for
this assignment), and submit an essay that examines the role of women
in the anti-slavery (abolition) movement during the 19th century. Essay
should be a minimum of 500-750 words in length, use MLA style for use of
sources and citations.

Address the following questions in your essay:

  • What motivated women to become involved in the abolition movement?
  • How did they contribute to the movement to abolish slavery?
  • Who were some of the key women in the movement?
  • What was the relationship between abolitionism and the emergence of the women’s rights movement?

http://www.historyswomen.com/socialreformer/grimke2.html

http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/abolitn/wmhp.html

http://www.teachushistory.org/second-great-awakening-age-reform/articles/historical-background-antislavery-womens-rights-1830-1845

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2939t.html

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3539

https://www.uic.edu/orgs/cwluherstory/CWLUArchive/wave.html