Mid Term Flashcards

1
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The reasons for the occurrence of witchcraft hysteria in New England included each of the following except:

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A serious downturn in the economy

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2
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Changes in the lives of New England women in the mis-to-late 18th century

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An increase in feminine skilled activities, Purchasing household goods that previous generations would’ve made for themselves

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3
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Seneca “prophet” Handsome Lake suggested each of the following reforms except:

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Adoption of the family patterns of white people

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4
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The reasons for the decline in the birthrate among American-born women in the early 19th century included

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A,B,D

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5
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The main reason early factories employed mostly women was that

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They were paid less than men

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6
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The conditions faced by poor women in the cities included each of he following except

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Being forced into prostitution in order to make ends meet

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7
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Services provided to miners by women during the California Gold Rush included

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Cooking
Sewing Clothing
Laundry
Provide Housing

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8
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The ciriticisms of alchohol made by those wishing to prohibit its use included each of the following except

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Alcoholism was a disease requiring medical treatment

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9
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In 1860, the NY state legislature granted married women each of the following rights except

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To obtain divorces more easily

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10
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In the case of Minor V Happersett, the supreme court ruled that

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Women were citizens but citizenship did not necessarily include the right to vote

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11
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The reasons for the change in black women’s work included each of the following except

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The rising birthrate which forced women to sped more time in the home

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12
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The problems faced by the typical southern white woman following the Civil War included each of the following except

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The loss of slave labor

Hyperinflation

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13
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Married women who worked outside the home were criticized because

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They were seen as taking jobs away from men and single women

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14
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The reasons for the decrease in the amount of time women spent on housework included

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Indoor plumbing
Domestic Servants
Declining birthrate

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15
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The purposes of women’s clubs in the late 19th century included each of the following except

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The promotion of unity among all women

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16
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T/F: Southern women often acted as deputy husbands and represented their husbands in business matters while the men were away from home

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True

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17
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T/F: Marriage in New England was considered a civil, rather than religious, union

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True

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18
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T/F: English colonial women were considered to be the legal equivalent of children and the feeble-minded

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True

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19
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T/F: The Dutch considered husbands and wives to be equal partners

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True

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20
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T/F: Quakers believed that all people are equal

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True

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21
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T/F: Colonial women responded to the boycott of the British tea by serving herbal tea and coffee in their homes and encouraging other women to do the same

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True

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22
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T/F: Women served the Continental Army as nurses, cooks, laundresses, seamstresses, spies, and (occasionally) soldiers

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True

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23
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T/F: The new churches of the early 19th century nearly all of accepted women as preachers and other positions of authority

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False

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24
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T/F: Women’s household chores were considered to be a natural expressions of their femininity and thus not “work”

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True

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25
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T/F: Primary-school teaching became an overwhelmingly female occupation because women teachers were paid only about half of what men earned

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True

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26
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T/F: Women were generally believed to be much more religious than men, and to have little to no interest in sex

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True

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27
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T/F: Marriage were seen as a partnership with women taking care of the home and children and men expected to work hard and provide financial support for the family

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True

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28
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T/F: The main jobs open to poor immigrant women were as factory workers or domestics

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True

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29
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T/F: American Indian women who left their people to live with white men often found themselves abandoned by those men and rejected by their own people

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True

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30
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T/F: The most controversial provision of the document by the delegates to the first women’s-right’s convention was the demand that women be given the right to vote

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True

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31
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T/F: Most labor unions did not seek women as members because they regarded low-wage women workers as a threat to men

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True

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32
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T/F: In the typical American household, the husband gave his pay to his wife who handled the shopping and bill-paying

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True

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33
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Communities in which family identity and property pass from mothers to daughters, such as many American Indian tribes

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Matrilineal

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34
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Communities in which family identity and property pass from fathers to sons, such as European cultures

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Patrilineal

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35
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A society, such as the Pueblo, in which married mean leave their homes and move in their heir wives’ families

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Matrifocal

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36
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Long-term unions between American Indian women and white traders on the frontier were known as

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Country Marriages*

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37
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Women who came to Jamestown to marry men who had “purchased” them with a portion of their crop were known as

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Tobacco Brides*

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38
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English married women were called

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Good wives

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39
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Women who assisted other ladies and childbirth, and often served as the “doctors” for their communities, were called

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Midwives

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40
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The colonial women who assisted in the boycott of British goods by sewing their own clothing and serving non-British foods referred to themselves as

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Liberty’s Daughters*

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41
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The loosely woven cotton or linen clothing made by those patriotic ladies was referred to as

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Homespun

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42
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Women who accompanied the Continental Army in the field, including some prostitutes but mostly soldiers’ wives were called

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Camp followers

43
Q

A merchant who sold supplies was called a

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Sutler

44
Q

The religious revival of the early 18th century was the

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Great Awakening*

45
Q

The belief that men did certain things, such as work and politics, and women did others, such as housework and childcare

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Separate spheres

46
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The religious revival of the early 19th century was the

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Second Great Awakening*

47
Q

A person who believes that we are saved by our faith in Jesus through a personal conversion experience is an

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Evangelical

48
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“Factory” work done in the home was called

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Outwork

49
Q

Charitable organizations that sought to protect young girls from the threat of poverty were

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Female Benevolent Societies

50
Q

A society, such as the slave-holding south, that is completely dominated by men is

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Patriarchal

51
Q

Slave “marriages’ in which the two spouses lived on different plantations were known as ________ marriages

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Abroad

52
Q

The principal road used by Americans heading to the west coast during the 1840s were known as

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Oregon Trail

53
Q

The establishments used by prostitutes in California during the gold rush were known as

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Crib Hotels

54
Q

The “treatment” that emphasized cold baths and loose clothing for women worn out by too many pregnancies was the

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Water cure

55
Q

The first women’s-rights convention was held at

A

Seneca Falls

56
Q

The Superintendent of Nurses for the Union Army during the Civil War was the saintly

A

Dorthea Dix

57
Q

The founder if the American Red Cross was

A

Clara Barton

58
Q

The argument made by suffragists that women were “persons” whose citizenship rights under the Fourteenth Amendment entitled them to vote was known as the

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New Departure

59
Q

The system that provided for the complete separation of the “races” in the post-Reconstruction south was called

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Jim Crow

60
Q

Many married women worked not out of necessity but for a little extra spending money which was known as

A

Pin Money

61
Q

Relationships between unmarried women who lived together and may have had a sexual relationship were referred to as

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Boston Marriages

62
Q

A woman who sought to challenge gender barriers by participating in public life, earning a wage, gaining an education, etc. was known as a

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New Woman

63
Q

Woman captured and adopted by the Seneca who refused to return to white society

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Mary Jemison

64
Q

Indian Woman canonized by the Catholic Church

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Kateri Tekakwitha

65
Q

Unmarried English Catholic woman who became a wealthy, influential, landowner

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Margaret Brent

66
Q

Massachusetts woman exiled for holding payer meetings in her home and preaching!!!!!!!!!!!

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Anne Hutchinson

67
Q

Quaker woman executed for preaching her faith in Massachusetts

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Mary Dyer

68
Q

New England woman captured by American Indians and author of A True History of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs…..

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Mary Rowlandson

69
Q

Wife of the British military governor of Massachusetts who spied on her husband!!!!!

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Margaret Kemble Gage

70
Q

New York woman who took her wounded husband’s place during the Battle of Fort Washington & now has a street named for her

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Margaret Corbin

71
Q

NJ woman who replaced her husband on a Continental gun crew at the battle of Monmouth and was made a Sergeant by General Washington

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Mary Hays

72
Q

Served in the Continental Army for nearly two years while disguised as a man

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Deborah Sampson

73
Q

Slave who sued for freedom- and won

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Elizabeth Freeman

74
Q

Author and advocate for women’s educationn

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Merey Otis Warren

75
Q

Told her husband not to “consider yourself as commander-in-chief in your own house- but be convinced that there is such a thing as equal command”

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Lucy Flucker Knox

76
Q

Female “reincarnation” of Jesus (PUF)

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Jemima Wilkinson

77
Q

Founder of the “Shakers”

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Ann Lee

78
Q

George Washington’s favorite poet

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Phillis Wheatley

79
Q

“A woman’s place is in the home”

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Catherine Beecher

80
Q

Early 19th century painter

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Lilly Martin Spencer

81
Q

Striker against pay cuts who later became a later in the women’s suffrage movement

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Harriet Hanson

82
Q

Civil War teacher of emancipated slaves

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Charlotte Forten Grimké

83
Q

Southern diarist whose writings give us much information about southern life and culture

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Mary Boykin Chesnut

84
Q

Slave who gave birth to at least two but probably five of Thomas Jefferson’s children

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Sally Hemmings

85
Q

California boarding-house owner and restaurateur during the Gold Rush

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Mary Ellen Pleasant

86
Q

Supporter if an anti-gambling and anti-prostitution vigilante movement

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Eliza Farnham

87
Q

Founder of the first high school for girls

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Frances Willard

88
Q

Founder of the first college for women

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Mary Lyon

89
Q

Editor who popularized a new style of loose-fitting clothing for women

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Amelia Bloomer

90
Q

Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

91
Q

Former slave and powerful speaker who became involved in the abolition movement

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Sojourner Truth

92
Q

Escaped slave who led 300 others to freedom and then served as a nurse and spy for the Union Army

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Harriet Tubman

93
Q

Organizers of the very first & women’s-rights convention

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Lucretia Mott

94
Q

Civil War veteran who lived the rest of her life as a man

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Jennie Hodgers

95
Q

Co-founder of AWSA

A

Lucy Stone

96
Q

Founders of NWSA

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Susan B. Anthony

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

97
Q

1872 Equal Rights presidential candidate

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Victoria Woodhull

98
Q

Newspaper publisher who campaigned, without success, to make lynching a federal crime

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Ida Wells-Barnett

99
Q

“The Witch of Wall Street”

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Hetty Robinson Green

100
Q

President of the Organization WTCU

A

Frances Willard

101
Q

Chairperson of the Board of Lady Managers

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Bertha Palmer

102
Q

Architect of the Woman’s Building at the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893

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Sophia Hayden

103
Q

Essay: Describe in detail the changes in women’s occupations that occured in the late 19th century

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