After the aboitionist movement african american males were able to vote and own land. This sparked interest in womens rights as they were the only people not aloud to vote, work, or own land.
Seeking their own rights, women used more peaceful tactics but suffered long delays. ... The women's rights movement was the offspring of abolition. Many people actively supported both reforms. Several participants in the 1848 First Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls had already labored in the anti-slavery movement
