Wonders--Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton

How did Elizabeth solve the problem of not being able to go to college?

• She applied anyway.

• She got a job instead.

• She asked to go to a girls' school.

• She spent her days reading at the library.

When Elizabeth got married, why did she keep her own last name AND add her husband's name to it ?

• She liked her name.

• She did what most women did.

• She needed his name in order to vote.

• She did not want to give up something that was hers.

When did Elizabeth get fired up about women's rights?

• She met her husband.

• She was invited to a luncheon by Lucretia Mott.

• She held a meeting at a small church in New York.

• She heard about a women who lost her home when her husband died.

What right does Elizabeth think will change everything?

• the right to vote

• the right to a fair trial

• the right to own property

• the right to earn a fair wage

What does the following Metaphor Statement MEAN? : The idea of women having the right to vote began to buzz, in the ears of people from Maine to California. Elizabeth had tossed a stone in the water and the ripples grew wider and wider and wider.

• Elizabeth made waves in a pond.

• Elizabeth caused problems at a local church.

• Elizabeth had begun the fight for women's rights.

• Elizabeth had begun a fight with government leaders.

What is suffrage?

• right to travel

• right to be free

• right to protest

• right to vote

What did Elizabeth organize to discuss women's rights?

• riot

• protest

• conference

• club

Who helped Stanton in her quest for women's suffrage?

• Harriet Tubman

• Frederick Douglas

• Susan B. Anthony

• Abraham Lincoln

Growing up, Stanton was not allowed to ______________ because she was a woman.

• Drive

• Cook

• Vote

• Sew

 Is biography a fiction or non-fiction?

• fiction
• Non-fiction

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