Civil War

• Abolitionists

  • Male led abolitionists didn’t want to be associated with feminism
  • Women not taken seriously
• Public participation

  • South: negative impact, women didn’t gain anything and were still expected to stay at home
  • North: positive impact, women were working and were experiencing more economic freedom
• Economic and social change for African Americans but not them

  • Women questioned why they didn’t gain any rights
  • Couldn’t gain more rights and were still depressed
• End of war

  • Women were still dominated by men
  • Still expectations that women should stay inside
  • Westward expansion - necessity that families work together due to farming and hard lifestyle