How did the 1840 World’s Anti-Slavery Convention affect the women’s suffrage movement?
- Women and men participated equally in the convention; this helped show the US government that women deserved the right to vote.
- Women and men participated equally in the convention; this raised the profile of several key female activists.
- Women were not allowed to fully participate in the convention; this directly led to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.
- Women were not allowed to fully participate in the convention; this led several key female activists to shift their focus to women’s rights.
Answer: Women were not allowed to fully participate in the convention; this led several key female activists to shift their focus to women’s rights.
Explanation
Women were not allowed to fully participate in the 1840 World’s Anti-Slavery Convention, which lead to multiply key female activists focusing their attention on women’s rights.