Cite at least 3 reliable primary and secondary sources to support your arguments; list these sources in a bibliography at the end of the paper.
Before the civil war, the word feminism was not recognized in America and women had limited rights compared to their male counterparts. Women struggled to gain their rights and freedom before the 1880s. It Was a hard battle, and only the courageous women stood for what they believed. In the pre-civil war era, an ideal woman was supposed to be submissive, meek and obedient to men around and stay at home taking care of the children and homestead. However, the industrial revolution in the 1840s changed the perspective and the role of the women in the society. In the agrarian revolution, both men and females were supposed to work together for the day’s labor to provide for the family. The former slave and activist for women rights Frederick Douglass said that the sun was more visible than the women rights to participate in all matters that concerns the human welfare (Douglass, 1866).
The Seneca Falls convention in 1848 paved the way for women’s rights in social, political and religious issues that were limited to women. The meeting saw many different human rights group and women movements come together and discuss the women rights and married women act. The women were allowed to vote and could now participate in the development of human welfare. After the movement, many convection meetings were held in different parts of America in the 1850s (Siegel, 1994). The women could now work the same hours as men in the labor farm. The women rights activist Frederick Douglas and Stanton played a prominent role in the abolishment of slave trade and women gaining the rights to vote.
The women rights before 1880 were complicated and a rough battle. The industrial revolution and the Seneca Falls convention paved the way for women rights and the rise of women rights movements. In the year 1860, new laws were passed that included the widow’s rights, parental rights and property rights. Through this process, women rights activist-initiated the role of women in the society.

Bibliography
Siegel, R. B. (1994). Home as Work: The First Woman’s Rights Claims Concerning Wives’ Household Labor, 1850-1880. The Yale Law Journal, 103(5), 1073-1217
Wellman, J. (2004). The Road to Seneca Falls: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the First Woman’s Rights Convention. University of Illinois Press.
Douglass, F., & Logan, R. W. (2003). The life and times of Frederick Douglass. Courier Corporation.

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