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
lead over 400 settlement houses opening across American cities due to her work at “Hull House” and received a Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts
Jane Addams
Social reformer who was a tireless campaigner in helping the poor inner city
Florence Kelley
Promoted “Spiritual healing” and also would start the Christians science church
Mary Baker Eddy
She would start the W.C.T.U. (women’s Christian Temperance Union).
Frances Willard
what was the 1st state to bring on women’s suffrage
Wyoming
had an axe in one had and a bible in the other, went on rampages vandalizing bars and saloons due to her crusade in prohibition
Carrie Nation
Black Journalist and early leader in the civil rights movements. Main ambition was to pursue legislation supporting anti-lynching
Ida Bell Wells
Queen of the Populist and was known as the “Patrick Henry in Petticoats”
Mary Lease
Showed off shotting talents in Wild Wes Shows with her sidekick Buffalo Bill Cody
Annie Oakley
Wrote “Women in Economics”
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Started N.A.W.S.A and strived for support at the national level
Carrie Chapman Catt
Broke away from NAWSA. Her national women’s party organized protest including picketing the White House, hunger strikes and even serving jail time
Alice Paul
What amendment gave women the right to vote
19th
the 19th amendment is also nicknamed the…
Anthony Amendment
Serve as a muckraker and exposed Standard Oil Company after her father being abused from it/
Ida Tarbell
What war were women 1st admitted to the armed forces
WWI
Started birth control initiatives
Margaret Sanger
Challenged the tradition role of women by their dress and free lifestyle
Flappers and Vamps
1st woman to fly across the Atlantic, but disappeared in the south pacific in attempt to fly the world
Amelia Earhart
in the 1930’s, the average American woman was expected to …
“use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without”
Referred to as FDR’s “Legs” due to how FDR listened and respected her opinions and suggestions.
Eleanor Roosevelt
1st female cabinet member under FDR
Frances Perkins
what symbol reflected the tireless efforts of many moms and American women who left homes to work in factories during WWII
Rosie the Riveter
What were WAACS, WAVES, and SPARS?
Terms that meant women in the army, navy and coast gaurd.
Her book “The Modern Woman-the lost sex” strongly encouraged women to return to their home after the war to become housewife’s
Dr. Marynia Farnham
Generation in with 76 million babies were born after WWII
Baby Boom
Became famous for his book “Baby and Child Care”
Dr. Benjamin Spock
Challenged the Jim crow statutes when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in 1955
Rosa Parks
Published “Feminine Mystique” which sought the boredom of suburban housewifery
Betty Friedan
Friedan and Gloria Steinem would begin what organization?
N.O.W. (National Organization for Women)
Feminist claimed a victory with what supreme court case in 1973?
Roe vs Wade
1st female supreme court justice
Sandra Day O’Connor
1st woman in space
Sally Ride
1st woman to run for Vice President
Geraldine Ferraro
1st attorney general
Janet Reno
1st secretary of state
Madeleine Albright
1st black female secretary of state
Condoleezza Rice
Two famous female entrepreneurs in the 20-21st century mentioned were…
Oprah Winfrey and Martha Stewart
