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Iroquois and Women
One of the most influential Native American tribes is the Iroquois, whose way of life and constitution helped American women to realize that they, too, should be afforded the same rights and privileges as men within society. Women's rights activists such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and Matilda Joslyn Gage were directly inspired by the Iroquois women they met and observed, which influenced them to advocate for women's rights within the United States.
In the summer of 1848, Mott and her husband visited the Seneca people -- one of the Five Nations comprising the Iroquois -- during which she was able to observe how women were treated as equals in terms of family, government, and economy. Coincidentally, during this same time, the Seneca Clan Mothers were debating on whether they should adopt the governance systems of the Quakers eventually accepting the model except for any concepts of male dominance that were outlined therein (Wagner). Mott subsequently held the first women's rights convention in Seneca Falls in July, which was followed by Women's Rights Conventions in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. The first National Women's Rights Convention was held in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1850 ("Women's Rights Movement").
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One of the most significant articles within the Iroquois Constitution states, "Women shall be considered the progenitors of the Nation. They shall own the land and the soil. Men and women shall follow the status of the mother" (The Constitution of the Iroquois Nations). One of the reasons that this article or statute was so impactful to women like Stanton, Mott, and Gage was because in American society, women were not only denied the right to property, but were stripped of that right upon marriage ("Inspiring Women's Rights").
In Iroquois society, women were not only granted rights to property, but they were also provided with forums, and the rights, to voice their political opinions within their respective clan. Within Iroquois society, women had two methods of voicing their concerns: through their Clan Mothers and through Women's Councils ("What Was the Iroquois Confederacy?"). Clan Mothers were responsible for keeping peace and their clan's welfare. Furthermore, they selected which men would lead them and had the power to remove them from their positions of power if…
Works Cited
The Constitution of the Iroquois Nations. Web. 26 May 2013.
Harper, Judith E. "Biography." Not for Ourselves Alone. PBS. Web. 26 May 2013.
"Inspiring Women's Rights." Oneida Indian Nation. 2 March 2009. Web. 26 May 2013.
Jamison, Dennis. "Women's Rights in the Iroquois Confederation." The Examiner. 4 March
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