Question 01
What were the long range causes of the subjection of women? Were eco
Question 01
What were the long range causes of the subjection of women? Were economic, biological, or religious factors more significant? Justify your answer using specific concepts or evidence found in this unit.
Question 03
What was “coverture” (see Chapter 7)? How did this legal principle affect women in the early 19th century? Although this idea came to the colonies from Great Britain, speculate on the reasons for such an idea.
Question 13
Why did the movement for women’s rights emerge from the abolition movement? What specific factors in the abolition movement moved women to consider their own position? Besides the Grimké sisters, discuss some other women who moved from anti-slavery to women’s rights.
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