One of the significant movements in the US history in 1815-1850 was the fight for women's rights. Although, in 1776 Abigail Adams asked her husband John Adams, to “remember the ladies” and their rights in the Declaration of Independence. Surprisingly the main movement was provoked by the fight for the slave's rights, in which women took significant part. When they saw how former slaves gained more and more rights, women realized that they could get rights, too. The fundamental right, that could make a women equal, or almost equal to men (in the rights comparison) was the suffrage - ability to vote. However, in order to get this right, women had to prove that they were ready to take the responsibilities and make their own choices. The proof was needed after the New Jersey's experience, which allowed women to vote when it first joined the US. This right was taken away by 1807 because women simply voted for whomever their husbands wanted them to vote. This brought inequality into the voting system, thus, the right was taken away. …show more content…
In the 1840 Elizabeth Cady Stanton attended the World’s Anti-Slavery Convention in London, where, unlike her husband, she was not allowed to participate. The treatment of women abolitionists at the convention made Stanton and her new friend Lucretia Mott decide to organize their own convention, this time, in the United States. On July 19, 1848, Seneca Fall Convention – the first public meeting about women’s rights in the US, was opened. In preparation for convention, the Declaration of Sentiments – a document that detailed beliefs about social injustice toward women, was