“Life and Times of Frederick Douglass” Notable Family Members: spouseAnna Murray Douglass son of Harriet Bailey married to Anna Murray Douglass (1838–1882) married to Helen Pitts Douglass father of Rosetta Douglass Sprague (b. 1839) father of Lewis Henry Douglass (b. 1840) ...
Shirley Chisholm made history as the first African American woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress, serving in the House of Representatives from 1969 to 1983. In 1972 Chisholm became the first woman to run for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomin
In 1848 Stanton and Mott launched a Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls,New York. To make a bold statement, Mott helped pen the Declaration of Sentiments, a purposefully crafted reworking of theDeclaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and wo...
All Abolitionism Topics Frederick Douglass John Brown Sojourner Truth Uncle Tom's Cabin (US History) Underground Railroad William Lloyd Garrison Start today. Try it now US History: High School 24 chapters | 218 lessons | 3 flashcard sets Ch 1. Settling North America (1497-1732) ...
Susan B. Anthony, American activist who was a pioneer crusader for the women’s suffrage movement in the U.S. and was president (1892–1900) of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Her work helped pave the way for the Nineteenth Amendment (1920) to t
Ruby Bridges is an American activist who became a symbol of the civil rights movement and who was, at age six, the youngest of a group of African American students to integrate schools in the American South.
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Article History Also called: abolition movement Key People: William Lloyd Garrison John Newton Anna Murray Douglass Frederick Douglass Horace Greeley (Show more) Related Topics: slavery social movement personal-liberty laws ...