The first women's rights movement advocated equal rights for white women by leveraging abolitionist and Second Great Awakening sentiment.

Encyclopedia Britannica provides a biography of Sojourner Truth (1797-1883), a woman whose "Visions," led her on a crusade to preach of God's goodness, of the abolitionist movement, and of the women's rights movement.

Encyclopaedia Britannica provides a biography about the Grimke sisters, both Quakers and avid social reformers. They spoke out about women's rights and slavery.