Women in History Flashcards
challenged the authority of puritan church leaders after suggesting that obeying gods law was not necessary.
Ann Hutchinson
Event were women were victims of abuse by their husbands and were found guilty of witchcraft
Salem Witch Trails
What’s the difference between colonial women in the north and south
North worked along side their husbands and gave up their rights to land and inheritance.
South, women kept their property rights du to the shorter life expectancy of their husbands
Bostonian slave who displayed artistic ability in poetry. recognized in England and became the 1st African to author a book.
Phyllis Wheatly
Group of women who organized colonial protests and boycotts against “taxation without representation”
Daughters of Liberty
Took her husbands place in battle during the revolutionary war
Molly pitcher
1st female soldier who even posed as a man
Deborah Sampson Gannett
When John Adams was creating the new constitution, who said to “remember the ladies”
Abigail Adams
Women who faced dangers of Indian attacks, climate, and hard labor.
Pioneer Women
What was the most haunting aspect of Pioneer Women and why?
Loneliness and isolation because husbands would have to hunt or trap for weeks or months.
First woman mill factory where young girls were escorted from their boarding houses to work each day
Lowell Mill Girls
Who created a new design of Turkish trousers that led to women wearing pants
Amelia Bloomer
Magazine founded in 1830 the would be read devotedly by millions of women nationwide in the 19th century.
Godey’s Ladies Book
Woman who spearhead prison reform after discovering the inhumane treatment of many mentally ill prisoners
Dorothea Dix
Instrumental in starting Mount Holyoke college for women
Mary Lyon
Who was known as the greatest female poet and didn’t become famous until after she died.
Emily Dickenson
Who would lead a commune in NY known as the “Shakers”
Mother Ann Lee
What did the “shakers” promote
it promoted a religious (quaker) society that promoted abstinence and purity of the sexes
Early advocate of women’s right and most importantly in EDUCATION
Margaret Fuller
1st women’s rights convention, declaration of sentiments was written here!
Seneca Falls Convention
Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Lincoln would credit her with being the “little woman who wrote the book which started this great war.”
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Escorted more than 300 slaves to freedom in the North or to Canada, Known as “Moses”
Harriet Tubman
Advocate of women’s rights, even for black women. helped to recruit black soldiers for the union army.
Sojourner Truth
Visited Abraham Lincoln at the White House and inspired to write the words to the “Battle Hymn of the Republic”
Julia Ward Howe
Founded the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
