Men the character to exercise tyranny selfishness

men the character to exercise tyranny, selfishness,
pride, arrogance, lust, and brutal violence. It has
robbed women of essential rights, the right to think
and speak and act on all great moral questions, the
right to share responsibilities, dangers and
toils...Women instead of being regarded as equal to the
man, has uniformly been looked down upon as his
inferior, a mere gift to fill up his happiness…
Vocabulary:
According to Angelina Grimke, because people think
that different genders have different duties, what has
happened to the role of men and women?
According to Angelina Grimke, why is it good that
abolition has been discussed? What does she think will
happen as a result of this discussion?

Doctrine - belief or set of beliefs
Masculine - qualities associated with males - qualities such
as strength, aggressiveness
Feminine - qualities associated with females - qualities such
as delicacy and prettiness
Sternness - having a stern (serious, unsmiling) quality
Immense - extremely large
Emancipation - fact or process of being set free from legal
restrictions
Early Women’s Rights Movement
Analysis
Written
Task
What were the arguments for and against women participating in the abolitionist
movement? How did the abolitionist movement lead to the early women’s rights
movement?
Directions: Using information from the primary source above, the documents on the next page, as well as your knowledge of American
history, respond to the following writing task:
In one paragraph:
● Explain what has happened to the percentage of women in federal government since 1965 - is the trend
growing up or shrinking?
● Describe how Angelina Grimke AND Catharine Beecher would feel about this trend.
● describe means “to illustrate something in words or tell about it”
● explain means “to make plain or understandable; to give reasons for or causes of; to show the logical development
or relationships of”

the percentage of women increased though out the year of 1965. More women were more active in the congress in 1965 to
present.

Original Source: Pew Center