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“The Unfinished Nation-Best Laid Plans...” Films Media Group, 2004, learn360.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=106894&xtid=71414. Accessed 13 Nov. 2017.
Preacher Charles Finney
Image attribution: Retrieved from Wikimedia Commons. <https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Charles_g_finney.jpg>.
The Second Great Awakening : excerpts from the Preacher Charles Finney
William Lloyd Garrison
Abolitionist and founder of The Liberator
By Creator:Albert Sands Southworth [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/William_Lloyd_Garrison_MET_DT274534.jpg.
A Mirror for the Intemporant. Boston Chemical Printing Co. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress. <http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2003680623/>.
In the 1800's, women were generally expected to be homemakers and models for their children, but some began demanding greater rights. As the abolitionist (anti-slavery) movement intensified, women began to take an active role. After the Civil War ended slavery, the women's movement, led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, would continue fighting for equal rights.
Napoleon Sarony [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
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The Seneca Falls "Declaration of Sentiments"
At the first women's rights convention, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott issued this statement modeled on the Declaration of Independence.
