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I agree with Alex. I also noticed this, and it really comes across in the section written by Julie Jeffrey when she writes about the diaries and letters left by women activists and the difficulties they endured. '''These women were risking a great deal both in their home lives and when they were taking such a public stand. They put an enormous amount of time and effort into the cause which left them, in some cases, exhausted and stressed. I agree with Jeffrey's assessment that "No matter what one's attitude might be toward women's rights, to embrace abolitionism was to embrace radicalism" (155).''' I also found it interesting that in '''almost all of the writings from the Woloch readings for this week, the women used both the Bible and the Constitution as proof/reason for their calls for equality.''' It seems like the church really let women down during this period because women activists were counting on their support and then were actually attacked by church ministers for their position or perhaps, their vocality.--Nancy Lee | I agree with Alex. I also noticed this, and it really comes across in the section written by Julie Jeffrey when she writes about the diaries and letters left by women activists and the difficulties they endured. '''These women were risking a great deal both in their home lives and when they were taking such a public stand. They put an enormous amount of time and effort into the cause which left them, in some cases, exhausted and stressed. I agree with Jeffrey's assessment that "No matter what one's attitude might be toward women's rights, to embrace abolitionism was to embrace radicalism" (155).''' I also found it interesting that in '''almost all of the writings from the Woloch readings for this week, the women used both the Bible and the Constitution as proof/reason for their calls for equality.''' It seems like the church really let women down during this period because women activists were counting on their support and then were actually attacked by church ministers for their position or perhaps, their vocality.--Nancy Lee | ||
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| + | I agree with you Nancy and Alex. These women were very unselfish. Even though there was less of a chance that they would be attacked for being abolitionists, it still could have happened. People hated abolitionists. To go against the crowd in this way shows strength and courage. -Katelyn Lease | ||
== The Advocate of Moral Reform, 1838 == | == The Advocate of Moral Reform, 1838 == | ||
