The abolitionist movement changed the course of the nation. In addition to the ultimate emancipation of slaves, it transformed the role of women in American history. During the Abolitionist Movement, women's duties were thought to be confined within the home (Boylan 363). While most women of the time agreed with this statement, there were many who did not. This change in attitude began during the Great Awakening (Baker 623). Eliza Wilkinson wrote, “I will not allow it to be thought that, because we are the weaker sex in terms of physical strength, we are capable of nothing more than domestic concerns” (Goldfield, et al. 171). During this time, society was against women leaving the home. Many of the men who were against slavery were also against women playing a role in society, including the Abolitionist Movement (Railton). Women's participation in the Abolitionist Movement gave them political standing by allowing them to empower themselves and other repressed people. American women's contributions to the abolitionist movement gave voice to the “weaker” gender and led to the creation of anti-slavery women's societies in Boston, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Concord, Massachusetts. reform movement of the 18th and 19th centuries, often called the Anti-Slavery Movement. The goal of this movement was to end the slavery of Africans in America. Another goal was to end the Atlantic slave trade (Harrold). North America contributed only 4% of the transatlantic slave trade. The ban on the slave trade did not lead to the emancipation of African slaves in America (trans-Atlantic slave trade). However, the Abolitionist Movement played a...... middle of paper......n File, 2007. Web. October 26, 2011. Soderlund, Jean R. "Priority and Power: The Anti-Slavery Society of Women of Philadelphia". The Abolitionist Sisterhood. Ed. Jean Fagan Yellin and John C. Van Horne. Ithaca: Cornell University, 1994. 67-90. Press. Rpt. of priority and power: the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society. Np: np, ndSwerdlow, Amy. "The Conservative Sisters of Abolition: New York City's Women's Anti-Slavery Societies." The Abolitionist Sisterhood. Ed. Jean Fagan Yellin and John C. Van Horne. Ithaca: Cornell University, 1994. 31-44. Press. Rpt. of the conservative sisters of abolition: the women's anti-slavery societies of New York City. Np: np, nd 31-44.Transatlantic slave trade. Emory University, 2009. Web. January 16, 2012. .Watt, Liz. “Lydia Maria Bambina.” History of Journalism 35.1 (2009): 12-22. Press.