Women (la la la la la la la) Flashcards
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Sacagawea
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- Federalist Era
- helped Lewis and Clark expedition
- negotiated treaties and trade on behalf of the United States
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Phillis Wheatley
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- Slavery in America
- second ever woman, first African-American woman, to publish a book
- prominent voice against slavery
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Women’s Suffrage Movement
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- Reform Movements in the 1800s
- women had restricted roles
- women began getting education
- used education to support reforms
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Temperance Movement
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- Reform Movements in the 1800s
- American Society for the Promotion of Temperance
- lowered consumption from 7 to 2 drinks per day
- promoted new laws against drinking on Sunday, domestic abuse, and public drunkeness
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Beecher Family
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- Reform Movements in the 1800s
- Isabella Beecher (Women’s Suffreage Movement)
- Henery Beecher (Abolitionist Movement)
- Harriet Beecher (“Uncle Tom’s Cabin”)
- Catherine Beecher (education)
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Dorthea Dix <3
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- Reform Movements in the 1800s
- majority of prisoners had mental health illneses or were disabled
- travelled 30,000 miles to get evidence for prison reform
- male representative presented case to Massacusett’s government
- created first mental health hospital
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Grimke Sisters
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- Reform Movements in the 1800s
- abolitionists
- Sarah Grimke (writings went to The Liberator)
- Angelina Grimke (speaker)
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Sojourner Truth
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- Reform Movements in the 1800s
- abolitionist and feminist
- “Ain’t I a Woman”
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Susan B. Anthony
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- Reform Movements in the 1800s
- abolitionist and member of Temperance Movement
- created National Women’s Suffrage Association
- published “The Revolution” (magezine)
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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- Reform Movements in the 1800s
- women’s rights, abolition, and temperance
- created National Women’s Sufrage Association
- Seneca Falls Convention
- Declaration of Sentiments
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Lucretia Mott
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- Reform Movements in the 1800s
- women’s rights and abolition
- Anti-Slavery Society
- worked with William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass
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Seneca Falls Convention
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- Reform Movements in the 1800s
- women’s rights
- rejected from Anti-Slavery Convention in London, so made their own convention
- signed Delcaration of Sentiments
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Ida Tarbell
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- Progressive Era
- muckraker
- “History of the Standard Oil Company”
- against J. D. Rockefeller
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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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- Progressive Era
- no fire buiding codes
- 145 people died (80% women)
- women went on strike recently, but this is what reformed conditions
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Muller v. Oregon
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- Roaring Twenties
- Oregon laws restricted hours women could work
- women couldn’t negotiage better conditions, so they sued
- Supreme Court ruled for the state to “protect them”