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In the sixties, a reawakonin« of the Vomen's Movement oecurred in the United States. “e say reawakening because prior to 1920 and dating | back to the early 1800's, there was a growing and vita} feminist movee ment in the United States and sestern Europe, particularly Mngland ad France, omen vere intimately involved in the Abolitionist Movement beginning around 1850, dust as in the 1960's, the Abolitionist women eame to reecgnise their own oppression through struggling fo the free- dom of other oppressed pease, They vere not treated as the political equals of the Abolitionist men, Consequently, t ey began to make their own demands for political freedom, In some segments of the movement, - (gultural oppression became a foous as well, © duly 19, 1945, the first ®woman's Rights Convention” was held in Sencea Falls, New York. The delegates approved a Declaration of Sentiments thet Called for civil . equality anit included a suffrage resolution, Women scontimed to struggle for abolition until abt throughout the Civil «er, Their demands for women's rights end suffrage were put ssice by men finally in the interest of paseing the 15, 14 and 15 Amendments to the Constitution. The latter amendment prohibited the denial of suffrage on acoount of race but not BOXe Besause of these setbacks, women ralliec around the priority of obtaining suffrage. However, theQP as divisiveness in the movement between the conservative fact'on (American iioman Suffrage Assn,) that ; focused primarily om the wote, and the more radical faction (National Woman Suffrage Asan.) that encompasse~ broader based aspects of oppression. The NWSA saw suffrace as a means to eliminate oppression rather than the eause of it. By 1920, national suffrace was won at a cear cost. imdloess sampeaigne for the vote en! their accompanying repression left the .onen's ovement a aN Ott ee eo ae Sale ten . 3 Xt rw. wm _ SOTA } * SRA PDF