Women's Right

Question 1

What was the focus of the First Wave of Feminism (1848-1920)?

Answer 1

Women activists focused on women’s suffrage (the right to vote).
The outcome of this wave was the 19th Amendment.

Question 2

Who were the key figures of the first wave?

Answer 2

Susan B. Anthony
Sojourner's Truth
Elizabeth Stanton
Alice Paul
Lucy Stone
Jane Addams

Question 3

What was the focus of the Second Wave of Feminism (1960-1970s)?

Answer 3

Women activists focused on equal rights in education and employment and reproductive rights (i.e. the right to contraceptives and abortion).

Question 4

What was the outcome of the second wave (3)?

Answer 4

Title VII: prohibited gender discrimination
Title IX: prohibited gender discrimination in education
Roe Vs. Wade: preserved women’s right to abort within federal restrictions.

Question 5

Who were the National Organization for Women (NOW)?

Answer 5

NOW was an organization that championed women rights in the second wave.

Question 6

Who was Betty Friedan?

Answer 6

1) First president of NOW
2) Wrote the Feminine Mystique that punctured the 1950s notion that women were content with their role as homemakers and mothers. She argued that many women were disillusioned by the role and wanted to do more.