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Question Description
Use the following websites, and any additional research (it is acceptable to use wikipedia for this assignment), and submit an essay that examines the role of women in the anti-slavery (abolition) movement during the 19th century. Essay should be a minimum of 500-750 words in length, use MLA style for use of sources and citations.
Address the following questions in your essay:
- What motivated women to become involved in the abolition movement?
- How did they contribute to the movement to abolish slavery?
- Who were some of the key women in the movement?
- What was the relationship between abolitionism and the emergence of the women’s rights movement?
http://www.historyswomen.com/socialreformer/grimke2.html
http://utc.iath.virginia.edu/abolitn/wmhp.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2939t.html
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3539
