“I do not wish [women] to have power over men; but on themselves” – Mary Wollstonecraft. In the 19th century the hot topic was women's rights, everyone had an opinion about it. Of course, the expected ones like Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton had a lot to say, but some unexpected ones like William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass spoke out in favor of women's rights. The focus will be on the responsibilities and roles that activists have played in the women's rights or feminist movement. The relevance of the topic is that activists played a very important role in achieving the ultimate goal of the Women's Rights Movement. The women's rights movement was one of the most important moments in American history; it was the fight for women to acquire the same rights as men. Susan B. Anthony was considered the leader of the Women's Rights Movement after she was denied the right to speak at a temperance convention; she was responsible for creating the National Women's Suffrage Association (NWSA) and helping secure voting rights in her landmark court case, the Susan B. Anthony trials. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a prominent women's rights activist who helped plan the first organized women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York and wrote the Declaration of Sentiments. Lucretia Mott worked together with Elizabeth Cady Stanton to plan the first women's rights convention and wrote the "Women's Speech." Lucy Stone formed the American Women's Suffrage Association (AWSA) and convinced individual states to join the effort for women's rights. These women were influential in the National American Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA) achieving the goals of the Women's Rights Movement. These women have had a profound effect on achieving equal rights between men and women. Before the Women's Rights Movement, women were viewed less than men in every way. Before the Civil War, women were seen as the source of life, but intellectually valued less than men. In the 19th century the ideal woman was submissive, her job was to be an obedient and loving wife. There were two important things that governed how women were treated. One of these was the more important of the two during this time period: it was the Cult of Domesticity, which basically said that women had to do all the domestic work in a house. 3.