Shattered union the last cry of freedom9/19/2023 Anthony, reminds women of the grievances they face, including taxation without representation, a trial by those who are not their peers, and living under laws they had no voice in making. The committee, including President Isabella Beecher Hooker and Susan B. The Washington DC-based committee pledged to act as the “centre of all action upon Congress and the country.” The group was also dedicated to the education of women on subjects affecting the United States’ welfare so that “women may become intelligent and thoughtful on such subjects, and the intelligent educators of the next generation of citizens.” This pamphlet, An Appeal to the Woman of the United States, written in 1871, urges women to demand equal rights for themselves and gives reasons why women should fight for their right to vote. The National Woman Suffrage and Educational Committee was formed in the spring of 1871.
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