History of the United States I / Unit 16 USH1 2286 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The American Equal Rights Association
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The idea
After the war, women and men, Black and White, formed the American Equal Rights Association for equal rights to all American citizens, especially the right of suffrage.
In practice
That charter naming race, colour and sex together in one sentence.
Where people slip
Unit 13 covers the movements running together since Seneca Falls. Hopes that the Fifteenth Amendment would include women were dashed.
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