Women's Rights

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Where was the first Women's Rights Convention held in 1848?

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Seneca Falls, New York

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___________________________ wrote "The Declaration of Sentiments" creating the agenda of women's activism for decades to come.

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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The first state constitution in California extends __________ rights to women in 1849.

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Property

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At a women's rights convention in Akron, Ohio, __________________, a former slave, delivers her now memorable speech, "Ain't I a woman?"

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Sojourner Truth

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Parker Pillsbury publish the first edition of _________________. This periodical carries the motto “Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less!”

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The Revolution

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Many women were fined and arrested for attempting to vote.

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TRUE

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The western states were the first to give women the right to vote.

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TRUE

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Jeannette Rankin of Montana is the first __________ elected to the House of Representatives in 1916.

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Woman

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____________ was the leader of the National Woman’s Party. She was put in solitary confinement in the mental ward of the prison as a way to “break” her will. She went on a hunger strike, refusing to eat until women gain the right to vote. The guards try to force feed her to keep her alive.

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Alice Paul

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The Senate finally passes the ____ Amendment and the ratification process begins. On August 26, 1920 - Three quarters of the state legislatures ratify the Nineteenth Amendment. American Women win full voting rights.

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19th