Seneca

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Seneca Falls
Womens Education
Famous Ladies
Sufferin To Suffrage
Equal Rights
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In what state was the first womens rights
convention held?
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New York

• The first womens rights convention was held in
  July 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York by Elizabeth
  Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and others.

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The Seneca Falls Declaration was modeled after
the Declaration of Independence, but it listed a
different set of grievances. Who were the
writers of the Seneca Falls Declaration upset
with?
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Men

• Just as the Declaration of Independence had
  listed Americans complaints against King George
  III, the Seneca Falls Declaration listed womens
  grievances against men. (text,425)

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Who were the main two women to organize the
Seneca Falls Convention?
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott
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What was the most controversial issue discussed
at the Seneca Falls Convention?
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Womens Suffrage (right to vote)

• E.C. Stanton insisted that the declaration
  include a demand for woman suffrage, but
  delegates thought the idea of women voting was
  too radical. (text, p. 426)

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What woman wrote the following words?

• The grant to you of this right the right to
  vote will secure all others, and the granting of
  every other right, whilst this is denied, is a
  mockery. For instance, what is the right to
  property, without the right to protect it?

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• (quote on page 426 of text)

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What were two school subjects considered suitable
only for boys in the early 1800s?
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Mathematics and science
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In 1821 the Troy Female Seminary in upstate New
York became the first institution of higher
learning offered to women.

• Who started the Troy Female Seminary?

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Emma Willard
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Mary Lyon was a gifted teacher and pioneer in the
cause of higher education for women.

• What institution did Mary Lyon found (start) in
  Massachusetts in 1837?

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Mount Holyoke Female Seminary

• (Later called Mount Holyoke College)

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Susan B. Anthony campaigned for equal pay for
women, college training for girls, and
coeducation.

• What is coeducation?

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The teaching of boys and girls together!

• How does this idea compare to the concept of
  separate but equal is inherently unequal as the
  Supreme Court declared in 1954 in Brown vs. Board
  of Education of Topeka, Kansas?

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The first American medical school for women, the
Boston Medical School, opened in 1848.

• How many students did the Boston Medical School
  have when it opened?

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• See bottom of page 425

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Name the African-American woman who was a
spokesperson for the womens rights movement.
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Sojourner Truth
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What pair of sisters, when they were criticized
for unfeminine behavior declared, Men and women
were created equal, and whatever is right for man
to do, is right for woman to do?
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Angelina and Sarah Grimke
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Which leader of the womens rights movement was
honored with her face on a dollar coin?

• Hint She wanted to teach boys and girls
  together.

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Susan B. Anthony
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Name the editor of a magazine called the Godeys
Ladys Book who influenced thousands of American
women through articles on fashions AND womens
rights.
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Sarah Hale
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Who became the first woman to receive a medial
degree in the United States or Europe?
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Elizabeth Blackwell
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What is suffrage?
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The right to vote
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What state was the first to grant women the right
to vote?

• (in 1890)

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Wyoming

• Beginning with Wyoming in 1890, several states
  granted women the right to vote. (text, 427)

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Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave the
right to vote to all women in the U.S.?
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19th Amendment
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This woman believed so strongly that the right to
vote was the most important right women needed
that she insisted the right to vote be included
in the Seneca Falls Declaration.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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In what year was the 19th Amendment passed?
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1920
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What term applies to people who work for womens
rights?
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Feminists
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What was the only career choice other than
homemaking available to women in the 1800s?
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Teaching elementary school

• (School boards usually paid them less than men
  teaching in the same position.)

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Several of the early feminists belonged to what
religious group, which allowed them a certain
amount of equality within their own communities?
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Quakers
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Before the womens rights movement, what happened
to a womans money and/or property when she
married?
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It became her husbands property.

• In most places, married women were not allowed to
  own property, did not have rights to their
  children in case of divorce, and were generally
  treated like children.

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Who was the first woman to become known for
wearing pants especially designed for women?
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Amelia Jenks Bloomer

• They were loose trousers gathered around the
  ankles. They became known as bloomers even
  though they were invented by Elizabeth Miller.