Women’s rights
The relationship between men and women is a topic of great interest, and many of the issues we face today had roots in earlier eras of American history.
Explore the issues facing women in mid–Nineteenth Century America by reading the anti slavery pamphlet by Harriet Jacobs (right image) and the “Declaration of Sentiments” by Elizabeth Cady Stanton (left image) from the Seneca Falls Convention.
Read their arguments and use these sources, plus those you find on your own, to write an argumentative essay calling for women’s rights and gender equality
1. How were men and women treated differently in the 19th Century and why should they be equals within our society?
2. Use evidence from the primary sources provided and a secondary source of your choosing to support your topic.
3. Finally, write your warrant (conclusion). Explain why your evidence supports your topic.
o Declaration of Sentiments by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
o Trials of a Girlhood by Harriet Jacobs