sojourner truth

 

 Sojourner Truth was born 1797 .Before Sojourner Truth changed her name in the future,  she was named Isabella Van Wagener. The reason for this was because since she was a spreader in words of truth, she decided to rename herself representing herself.At a young age, she had a master named Colonel Johannes Hardenbergh , along with her 11 siblings. But she was the one left behind while the others where sold for slavery or died from sickness. But then. after her master died, she got her master switched to someone else named Charles, who was the son of the last master.After 8 yrs went by when she was 11, her master became very sick and died. So his slaves were taken in by other families. But no one wanted Sojourner, so they sold her for a flock of sheep and the Neely family took her in. But they did not treat her right. She was beaten and tortured, after such times of having difficulty learning how to speak english as she was being taught.

Later, her father helped her into getting a more nicer master, being sold for $105. The family that bought her was named Schryvers.But then was moved away once again when a man named James Dumont had bought her for $300. The man turned out to be very nice, but not the rest of his family. The wife use to enjoy making fun of her, while the maids use to love seeing her get in trouble when they will throw in ashes in the clean water used for the potatoes, then was later hit for a stunt she never pulled. Later in 1817, a law came about where before being born 1799, you was set free from slavery. She decided to name herself Sojourner Truth around 1843, after slavery, she became a spokesperson against slavery throughout all her life and became successful, trying to make a change about slavery towards the future.Later through her life, she died in the year of 1893.

source:
http://www.mccsc.edu/~jcmslib/mlk/truth/slavery.htm
docsouth.unc.edu

Lucy Stone

Lucy was born on Aug. 13 1818 who later supported the women's rights. At a young age, she disagreed with her fathers idea on men having complete domination over women. She went against slavery and became part of the anti slavery society, trying to help women gain freedom. At the time, her father did not help her with her education, so she changed her education with teaching, by making and earning money. She entered institutions, developing in her writing skills, then she graduated 1847.
She was the first to have a college degree in Massachusetts.Later, she met a businessman in 1853 named Henry B. Blackwell they both got married in 1855.Both her and her husband wanted to help women with having equal rights in marriage. So through the years she helped support the rights of women and of african americans. 1848, after joining the anti slavery society, she traveled to different places to get others to help support slavery instead of going against it. She gave many speeches during weekends for womens rights. Through the years of giving speeches, she gave lectures, helping women to have the rights in marriage, and the right to vote. Finally, in 1879, they allowed women to vote, but only for school board members.Twenty-seven years after she had died 1893, women was able to vote worldwide.

Source:www.ohiohistorycentral.org 
womenshistory.about.com/od/stonelucy/p/lucy_stone.htm
www.oberlin.edu/~EOG/OYTT-images/LucyStone.html

Women's right in U.S. history

The rights of women during the 1800s,differs from what they are allowed to do now. In Britain they had very little freedom while this was considered to being part of slavery. Men had women as their possession letting it go as the man of the house, the brother or male relative, and then their husband take complete ownership of them after each other. In the lives of women, the only purpose at the time was to get married, and then make many babies and serve under the man that took over them for as long as they lived.But if a woman was to get married to someone, all their earnings were to be taken in by the husband If they didn't go by this, they were to be put down and suffer consequences. Though through the marriage vow,they were told to make a commitment. If they were to try to escape or set a divorce, they were to be captured then punished.There was three divisions of work women were broken up into. There was the upper-working class, lower-working class, and the underclass. But their was a class that had differed from the other classes where they didnt have much power or wealth.This was the lower class.They were very unclean and unkept while not dressing neatly. Some became prostitutes due to their lack of having a job and making most of their lives and tried to make money through this.
In the later years of the 1800s , they had gained rights to be free of choosing what choice they wanted to make on their own.In 1839, women was able to keep their child under their care if their was divorce between her and her husband. Later in 1870, women gained the rights to keep money they had worked hard for and earned.In 1891, women didn't have to get forced into marriage if they didn't want to.Through the years, women had gained their justice, and rights to making their own decisions.


source: staff.washington.edu/cgiacomi/.../women.html
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wmarriage.htm
link: www.historylearningsite.co.uk