Women's Rights

Question 1

Who were the two women who drove the women’s rights movement for its first half a century?

Answer 1

Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Question 2

What event kicked off the women’s suffrage movement?

Answer 2

Seneca Falls Convention

Question 3

Who was the first woman to appear on U.S. currency?

Answer 3

Susan B. Anthony

Question 4

Which Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote?

Answer 4

19th

Question 5

What rights were women deprived of in the U.S. as late as the 1830s?

Answer 5

Couldn’t own property, no college education, were husband’s property, any money earned went to husband, couldn’t vote/hold office