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After the American Revolution, European ideals about gender roles lingered, influencing the new nation\u2019s view of women. \u201cProper\u201d womanly values, such as piety, purity, and submission, were favored, and women were encouraged to exercise these qualities within the domestic sphere. \u201cRepublican motherhood\u201d\u2013the concept that women benefit society holistically through the birth and rearing of active (preferably male) citizens\u2013provided a chance to establish some, albeit limited, societal value but did nothing to aid their enfranchisement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fundamentally, American women of the late 1700s, whether white or Black, had no legal rights.<\/span><\/p>\n

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As women began to recognize that intersectional reform was needed, national movements for woman suffrage and against slavery grew in tandem. The movement to gain votes for women culminated in Tennessee in dynamic fashion. This is its story.<\/span><\/p>\n

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From even before the country\u2019s founding, American women were aware of their second-class status. The accepted gender norms of the day and demanding familial responsibilities confined women of the early years of the United States to the domestic sphere.  The concept of \u201crepublican motherhood\u201d solidified women\u2019s expectations, thought to holistically benefit society. Women were expected to raise their children, particularly sons, to be active citizens, though they had no direct influence over the laws that were passed or enacted. Fundamentally, women had no legal rights.  The call for woman suffrage and women\u2019s rights grew in tandem with the antislavery movement, as women began to recognize that intersectional reform was much needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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