women. In New York, Susan B. Anthony collected ten thousand signatures for a petition requesting that married women be allowed to control their own property. The state legislature ultimately approved Anthony’s petition and also gave divorced women the right to share custody of their children. Throughout this period, Sojourner continued to travel and speak at different conventions. She felt that God was telling her to go west, and as always, she obeyed. She went to Ohio, which was a free state and