The position of women in 1865. 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryAmerica - 19th and 20th centuryA2/A-levelOCR Created by: I.unitCreated on: 02-06-17 22:21 What to areas of campaigning were women involved in before the suffrage movement? Many women were supporters of the abolition of slavery as well as the Temperance movement. 1 of 6 When and where was the first convention to discuss female suffrage? Seneca Falls in 1848. 2 of 6 What was work life for women in 1865? Often work was lower-paid, casual employment or domestic service, or in unskilled and poorly rewarded manufacturing jobs. 3 of 6 What was the problem with limited birth control in 1865? Families remained large and there was limited use of contraception, leaving women with heavy childcare responsibilities. 4 of 6 Who were the pioneering individuals in 1865? Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Harriet Beacher Stowe and Sojourner Truth. 5 of 6 What effect did the Civil war have upon women? Women found themselves taking charge of the household in the absence of men. Women raised funds and tended the wounded. 6 of 6
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