Critics and Protesters Flashcards
Who is Jane Addams?
Founded the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom in 1919, Led Hull House, one of the first settlement houses in North America, Worked to stop the use of children as industrial laborers.
Who is Susan B. Anthony
Women’s rights activists, Organized the Seneca Falls Convention and introduced the resolution in support of women’s suffrage, pivotal role in women’s suffrage
Who is Myra Bradwell?
Woman with a law degree, Argued for the legal right to practice law
Who is Eugene Debs?
Leader advocating for workers’ rights and better working conditions, helped start several unions and ran for president five times as a socialist.
Who is Frederick Douglas?
Supported the fight for women’s rights in 15th amendment
WHo is W.E.B. DuBois?
African American civil rights activist, Co- founder of the national association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), fought against segregation and discrimination in the US, Sociologist.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
Founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in Jamaica,
Advocated for the ‘Back to Africa’ movement,
Supported the philosophy of black nationalism
Who is Homer Plessy?
Famous for Plessy vs. Ferguson
Staged an act of civil disobedience and fought that racial segregation violated the 14th amendment
Who is Chief Big Foot?
Leader of the Lakota Sioux Native American tribe
Remembered for his peaceful stance and tragic death during the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
A pioneering American suffragist and women’s rights activist who co-organized the historic Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, advocating for women’s equality. Her efforts laid crucial groundwork for the women’s suffrage movement and inspired generations of activists striving for gender equality.
Who is Booker T. Washington
Author, educator, orator, and philanthropist
Founded a school in Tuskegee, Alabama
Gave the Atlanta Compromise speech
Who is Ida B. Wells-Barnett?
Early leader in the civil rights movement
One of the founders of the NAACP
Active in women’s rights and investigative journalism
Who is Mary Ellen Lease
Advocated for the suffrage movement and temperance
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