The Women’s Movement

1. The Women’s Movement Chapter 14 Section 3

2. Women and Reform • Women abolitionists, become the first feminists, they sought to improve women’s lives and win equal rights • Lucretia Mott was a Quaker and reformer who formed the Philadelphia Female Anti-slavery Society • Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucretia Mott join forces to work for women's rights

4. The Seneca Falls Convention • Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucretia Mott, and other women organized the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York. • The convention issued a Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions modeled on the Declaration of Independence. “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal” • It called for an end to laws that discriminated against women. • The most controversial issue was women suffrage, or right to vote

8. The Movement Grows • Women and men joined the Women’s Rights Movement • Quaker Susan B. Anthony called for equal pay for women, college training for women, and coeducation. • Susan B. Anthony organized Daughters of Temperance • Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton become lifelong friends and partners in the struggle for women’s rights • In 1890 Wyoming granted women the right to vote • By 1920 women could vote in all states

10. Progress by American Women • Education • Pioneers in women’s education began to call for more opportunities • Many believed the study of math could cause women to have a nervous breakdown. • Emma Willard (Troy Female Seminary) and Mary Lyon (Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary) started first female seminaries in the 1800s

11. Marriage and Family Laws • During the 1800s women made some gains in the area of marriage and property laws. • Some states permit women to own property after marriage • Indiana was the first state to allow women to divorce if their husband was an abuser of alcohol

12. Breaking Barriers • Graduated from Geneva College at the head of her class. • Elizabeth Blackwell became the first women to receive a medical degree in the United States or Europe

13. The Quaker woman who gave lectures calling for temperance, peace, workers’ rights, and abolition was • Lucretia Mott • Elizabeth Stanton • Lucy Stone • Susan B. Anthony [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]

14. Many believed the study of mathematics could cause women to have a • Brighter mind • Nervous breakdown • Greater income • Better education [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]

15. Mount Holyoke Female Seminary was founded by • Susan B. Anthony • Elizabeth Stanton • Amelia Jenks Bloomer • Mary Lyon [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]

16. The first state to allow women to divorce their husbands if they had an alcohol problem was • New York • Indiana • California • Mississippi [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]

17. In the 1800s which occupation was a possible choice for women? • Doctor • School teacher • Minister • Lawyer [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]

18. The first American feminists came from what group? • Runaway slaves • Politicians • Women abolitionists • Men [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]

19. Who organized the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society? • Lucretia Mott • Susan B. Anthony • Mary Lyon • Elizabeth Stanton [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]

20. Where was the site of the first women’s rights convention? • Independence Hall, Philadelphia • Constitution Hall, Philadelphia • New York City, New York • Seneca Falls, New York [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]

21. Define: Right to Vote • Suffer • Suffrage • Emancipation • Politician [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]

22. Who organized the daughters of Temperance? • Lucretia Mott • Susan B. Anthony • Mary Lyon • Elizabeth Stanton [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]