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Article: Women's Rights Movement
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WOMEN'S RIGHTS MOVEMENT
This entry includes 2 subentries:
The Nineteenth Century
The Twentieth Century
The Nineteenth Century
During the Colonial era and the first decades of the Republic, there were always women who strove to secure equal rights for themselves. Some assumed the business interests of a husband after his death. A few women challenged male domination of religious life, though they met with criticism from their communities
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or banishment, as in the case of Anne Hutchinson. Women were also active in the fight against the Crown and organized boycotts of British goods. During the struggle for independence, prominent females such as Abigail Adams wrote and spoke ...