During the Antebellum period, women started to debate about antislavery. In Susan Zaeske’s article Signature of Citizenship: Debating Women’s Antislavery Petitions it demonstrates how women start to take action by petitioning (213). Petitioning was an important strategy for women in an era where they were still not allowed to vote. Zaeske argues that when women started to petition they needed to have a solid argument about why slavery should be abolished (213). In order for women to have a solid argument, they will have to acquired knowledge on why slavery should be abolished. The knowledge they have acquired on why slavery is bad and therefore should be abolished will help them convince their family or neighbors to sign the petition (Zaeske