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"It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens: but we, the whole people, who formed the UnionÂ…. Men, their rights and nothing more: Women, their rights and nothing less." -- Susan B. Anthony
America during the 1840's was going through a cultural and economic change. The nations geographic boundaries and population had more than doubled, and daily lives had drifted away from independent farmers to craftsmen and manufacturers. Not everything was changing though. Women, inspired by the Second Great Awakening, formed and joined reform societies. These societies criticized various wrongs in the public, including: lack of free public education, inhumane treatment of the mentally ill, widespread use of alcohol, but most importantly women's rights. Abigail Adams raised questions in the Revolutionary era about what the Declaration of Independence would mean to the women, but there had never been a large public meeting about it until the......

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