Women's Suffrage

A suffragist is a person who fights for:

• gender equality

• abolition

• voting rights

• an end to all suffering

In the early 1800s, most women did not:

• sign their own contracts

• own their own property

• make political speeches

• do any of the above

Sojourner Truth’s speech highlighted the connection between

• strength and grit

• men and women

• race and gender

• gender and age

The 19th Amendment said a person’s right to vote did not depend on:

• their age

• their sex

• their race

• their wealth

What convinced President Woodrow Wilson to back women’s suffrage?

• a political march on Washington

• Hunger strikes

• women's war effort during World War I

• fear of losing the 1912 presidential election