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W omen need to be protected O wning slaves, the Grimke sisters opposed slavery M en had the right to punish his wife E quality between men and women rights N orth is where the Grimke Sisters moved to work abolition R ead laws that denied basic rights I f a women held a job, her pay went to her husband G rimke Sisters got sold off into slavery H ad few political or legal rights T hey couldn't vote or hold office S ome northerners were shocked at the Grimkes boldness T he women's rights movement started in the 1800's.They didn't have many rights because their husbands could punish them and when a women held a job her pay would go to her husband.So women were basicly slaves to their husbands.Some of the people who were involed in the movement were the Grimke Sisters,slaves,Lucretia and Stanton,and Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. S eneca Falls was located in New York. The people who led and organized it were Lucretia and Stanton. Their plan for reform was peclaration of gentiments.It led to equality between men and women. It was important because it gave women more freedom and rights.