Title: Colonial Women's Rights Movement | History of American Women
Headings: Colonial Women’s Rights Movement
Colonial Women’s Rights Movement
Early 17th Century
I ask you, were these brave women not fighting for their rights?

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Colonial Women
Colonial Women’s Rights Movement
Early 17th Century
All references to the Women’s Rights Movement in the United States begin with the First Women’s Rights Convention in 1848. I think that is wrong. I believe the movement began long before that. In fact, I believe it began the moment Mary Chilton set foot on Plymouth Rock. History’s Forgotten Women
What about the Women on the Mayflower? Were these not brave women? Did they not brave the uncertainties of the New World—never knowing what dangers they would encounter? Did they not play a vital role in building the New England Colonies? Did they not work alongside the men to create this great country of ours? Why have women been left out of history?