Women's Studies Module 2 Assessment

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Women who wanted to make it illegal to people to own slaves were called

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Abolitionists

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What was the most controversial resolution of the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions?

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Voting rights.

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Suffrage means the right to _______________.

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Vote in political elections

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What is feminism?

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the idea that women should have equal political, economical and social rights

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True or False: Gloria Steinem wrote the book "The Feminine Mystique"

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False

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True or False: Betty Friedan's book, the Feminine Mystique focused on the dissatisfaction of highly educated, middle-class women.

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True

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Which of the people below was a co-founder of NOW (The National Organization for Women)?
Betsy Ross, Herbert Hoover, Betty Friedan, Lyndon B. Johnson

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Betty Friedan

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True or False: Prior to the 2nd Wave Feminist Movement (1960s & 1970s), women who got married were often fired. This essentially forced women to choose between marriage and a career.

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True

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According to the PowerPoint slide below, prominent leaders of the Second Wave Feminist Movement campaigned to...

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Stop discrimination against women in the workplace, Pass an "Equal Rights Amendment" to the U.S. Constitution, Establish publicly funded day-care centers.

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Leading Feminist _________ ____________ once went undercover to write an expose on the exploitative conditions faced by Playboy "Bunnies"

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Gloria Steinem