Abolition of slavery
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Women in the religious groups started to see the spread of equality among slaves. The majority of the well-known women were Quakers, such as, Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, Anne Knight, Angelina Grimke and Sarah Moore Grimke. “Anne Knight was born into a Quaker family in Essex and took active roles in the Anti-Slavery campaigns.” Around the 15th century, Quakers originally started in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lucretia Mott started what was called the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society. The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society took an effective step to strengthening our nation. The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, “within a year they had collected funds to run their group, subscribed to …show more content…
The Second Great Awakening inspired the support on numerous of reform topics, such as the abolition of slavery, education, temperance movement and women 's rights However, women in the new social gospel were not stopped by any organization in America. Majority of what the women in the social gospel strived for, improved the nation. The women that would be credited for most of the reformation, are, Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, Anne Knight, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Angelina Grimke and Sarah Moore Grimke. As Susan B. Anthony once said, “I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my