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In the sixties, a reawakeninc of the “omen's Movement occurred in the United States. we say reawakening because prior to 1920 and dating back to the early 1800! s, there was a growing and vita} feminist move- ment in the United States and Western Europe, particularly England ad France, Women vere intimately involved in the Abolitionist Movement beginning around 1850, Gust es ta the 1960's, the Abolitionist women came to recognise their own oppression through struggling fo the free- dom of other oppressed peciiie,) They were not treated as the political equals of the Abolitionist men, Consequently, tiey degan to make their own demands for political freedom. In sone segments of the movement, ‘eultural oppression became a focus &s well, On duly 10, 1845, the first “Woman's Rights Convention" was held in Seneca Falis, New York, ‘The delegates approved a Declaration of Sentiments that called for civil equality and included a suffrage resolution, Vonen contimied to struggle for abolition until <u throughout the Civil War, Their demands for women's rights and suffrage were put aside by men finally in the interest of passing the 15, 14 and 15 Amendments to the Constitution. The latter amendment prohibited the dental of suffrage on account of race but not BOX. Because of these setbacks, women rallied around the Priority of obtaining suffrage, However, the tal was divisiveness in the movement detween the ccnservative faction (American Woman Suffrage Asan,) that focused primarily on the vote, and the more radical faction (National Woman Suffrage Asan.) that encompasse¢ broader based aspects of oppression, The NWSA sav suffraze as a means to eliminate oppression rather than the cause of it, By 1920, nat!onal suffrage was won at a dear cost. Endless campaigns for the vote ani their accompanying repression left the Women's Movement i a a oe ee eo eo: | I I I é I j I. i | | i H i: rf i i a ‘