Women Flashcards
Civil War (turning point)
Allowed women to fulfil both household roles for a period of time. Community focused and established themselves as a civilising force. Involvement in abolition campaign.
Gilded Age 1875-1895 (turning point)
Increased economic progress led to greater opportunities for women in the service industries and clerical work. However, very limited in union representation.
19th Amendment m(turning point)
Establishes the right to vote for all women over 21yrs.
World Wars (turning point)
Economic opportunities proves women are capable of the same work as men. Greater independence & money.
1960’s (turning point)
Feminist movement established
1980’s (turning point)
Higher levels of education and more female entrepreneurs.
Susan B Anthony
Led abolitionist movement and president of
Freedman’s Savings Bank.
Sojourner Truth
African American abolition campaigner and ex-slave.
Lucretia Mott
Quaker teacher and abolitionist, organised Seneca
Falls Convention, Declaration of Sentiments.
Elizabeth Cady
Stanton
Worked with Mott & Anthony, set up NWSA and
Seneca Falls Convention.
Elizabeth Lease
Opposed to big business and set up protests against
railways to protect farming. Member of Populist
Party.
Lucy Stone
Abolitionist, urged equal pay and refused to pay
taxes due to lack of representation in govt.
Alice Paul
Founded National Women’s Party in 1916 and
pushed for ERA in the 1920s.
Carrie Chapman Catt
Succeeded Anthony to head NAWSA and effective
in gaining state support for suffrage, led to 19 th
Amendment.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Wife of FDR and avid supporter of women’s rights.
Ella Baker
Member of NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, grass roots activist.
Betty Friedan
Wrote the ‘Feminine Mystique’ expressing middle class discontent.
Margaret Sanger
Set up first birth control clinic in America in 1916.
Phyllis Schlafly
Conservative journalist who spoke out against
feminism, abortion rights and ERA.
Martha Griffiths
First female, Democrat Senator elected to Congress.
What two women rights organisations were founded in 1869, and what year did they merge?
National Women Suffrage Association (NWSA)
American Women Suffrage Association (AWSA)
Merged in 1890
What organisation was founded in 1874?
Women Christian Temperance Union
What did Margaret Sangers open in 1917?
First birth US control clinic
When was the 19th Amendment passed and what did it guarantee?
1920, women over 21 the vote
Who became the first women in presidential cabinet, and when?
1933, Francis Perkins
Significance of 1941?
US enters WW2, 7 million women support war effort
Significance of 1957?
Men and women voting participation becomes equal
What two events occurred in 1963?
Equal Pay Act and Betty Friedan’s, The Feminist Mystique published
When was National Organisation for Women founded?
1966
Why was 1972 very significant?
Equal Rights Amendment passed BY Congress, but NEVER ratified
When and why was the right to abortion established?
1973 Roe Vs Wade
Who was the first female Vice President of the Democrats and when was she appointed?
Geraldine Ferraro in 1984
Woodrow Wilson
Supported 19th Amendment
FDR
New Deal, some benefits for women
Harry Truman
Post war encouraged women to return to housework
Dwight Eisenhower
Conservative opinions, little impact on women
JFK
Commissioned a “report on American women” , yet limited action
LBJ
Supportive of reform and “Great Society” ideas
Richard Nixon
Affirmative action offered some benefits to women
Ronald Reagan
Conservative in attitudes towards women and prevented ERA being ratified
