What happened in the womens rights movement in the aftermath of the Civil War?
Answer Kayla, The women’s rights movement grew partially out of the abolitionist movement before the Civil War. In fact, the group of women’s reformers who met at Seneca Falls in 1848 were a part of the American Anti-slavery Society (AAS) and they argued that the rights that people claimed for colored slaves were appropriate for women too. But many in the AAS thought that this attention to women distracted from the goal of abolishing slavery, and eventually there was a split among abolitionists over this issue. But the women’s rights movement never was dormant and continued after the Civil War, slowly gaining momentum until the early 1900s, when the women’s suffrage movement was successful. Thanks for your question.
