Only a third of these girls married farmers. They chose instead to marry artisans or workers from the city. Young women were moving to cities and away from farms. Women chose their husbands and married out of affection, rather than letting their parents choose their spouse. During this time there was the Second Great Awakening in America and women turned to religion during the uncertain times. The leaders of the evangelical clergy preached against drunkenness. They also preached that women were morally stronger than men. This brought women into the temperance movement, increasing their political activities. The Second Great Awakening also led people to realize that slavery was wrong and “a sin against humanity.” In the 1830s many American women were involved in trying to end slavery. Women involved in the movement to end slavery divided abolitionists. This division was the beginning of the women's rights movement. In 1840, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were told not to go to the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London. This refusal to let them participate led them to discuss women's rights. She launched the women's rights movement and changed its fabric