During the 1800's it was very difficult for women to get into colleges or schools or for them to get jobs that most of the time only men had.
Women's Rights Movement 1848-1890
Your right, we need to take action, I'm thinking we should start a women's rights convention.
The men won't give us the right to suffrage! We need to start fighting for out rights!
Women also didn't have the right to suffrage at the time, only white men could vote.
Women's Rights Movement 1848-1890
These events encouraged women to stand up for their rights, and the birth of the first women's convention in the U.S. took place.
Women's Rights Movement 1848-1890
The action of first women's rights convention in the U.S. took place at this tea party, where Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton discussed their ideas about the topic, and how women should have more rights.
After a while some colleges started to allow some women into colleges, while most of the time they were taught about homemaking subjects, they were also taught mathematics, science, etc.
Over time, women also gained the right to own land, divorce their husband if they abused alcohol, and more.
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