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Davis chapter 3

In chapter three Davis tells us about the difficult journey of the women’s right movement. She compares gender, race, and class throughout the entire chapter showing how these different characteristics go hand in hand, but at the time many people refused to see it. Women began to fight for equality in education, the working field, and not be seen or treated as prizes men keep at home. Same as African American woman fought for education, the ability to obtain better jobs, and a voice. Through they fought for many of the same rights black women were rarely involved in protests or meetings in the beginning. Davis is showing us that race, gender, and class are a big divider between the people, but the fight for rights and equality unite the people.
In the London Convention as Davis mentions women were allowed to attend but were ultimately silenced allowing them only to watch, but two men William Lloyd Garrison along with Charles Remond, refused to take their seats and participate igniting the start of the women’s movements.Davis tells about the Grimke sisters who had noticed the lack of black woman in anti-slavery societies and said that they should be addressed in the convention. It was not until the Seneca Falls Convention that the people realized that no matter the color of their skin, both black and white people were fighting for equality, education, better working conditions and so on.After the Seneca Falls Convention Davis informs us that a Convention in Philadelphia invited black and white women and Lucretia Mott attended. Later on the first Women’s right convention was held in Massachusetts where people of any race can attend and both white and black women gave their speeches. At the convention was sojourner truth who spoke up against men. Davis writes about Sojourner Truth’s powerful speech and how she proved she, as well as a lot of women, were never pampered and worked just as hard as men in order to get what she wanted in life. Also with a lot of oppression from her peers Sojourner Truth fought that her fight for equality was no different from that of the white women. Lastly Davis tells about how Elizabeth Cady Staton and Susan B. Anthony attempted to unite the people by protesting that all rights be given to both women and African Americans showing the unity of the two groups in order to accomplish their goal of equality.