1849 to 1868

NEW YORK, New York

women's rights, Politics, voting, white women's rights, African American Sufferag

In a society where women were becoming the majority, they still stood bounded by political and social restraints. Rather than seeing this as a setback, American women grew more aware of their limitations and demanded the right to vote. The Social Elevation of Woman, refers to a time when patriarchy was most apparent and women’s voting rights remained undervalued. Men of the early nineteenth century,...