Intersections of Reform: Women in Abolition and Temperance
Examine how women's participation in abolition and temperance organizations inspired the fight for female suffrage and legal rights.

Examine how women's participation in abolition and temperance organizations inspired the fight for female suffrage and legal rights.
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7th Grade · Social Studies · US-MI-SS
7 lessons
Analyze the leaders, strategies, and literature of the abolitionist movement, and explore how activism against slavery catalyzed the fight for women's rights.
Describe the formation and development of the abolitionist movement by considering the roles of key abolitionist leaders and the response of southerners and northerners to the abolitionist movement.
Analyze the antebellum women’s rights (and suffrage) movement by discussing the goals of its leaders and comparing primary source documents from this era to the Declaration of Independence.