Women's Rights

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

• Dallas, Texas

• Seneca Falls, New York

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Nashville, Tennessee

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

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Susan B. Anthony

• Alice Paul

• Michelle Obama

Many women were fined and arrested for attempting to vote.

• TRUE

• FALSE

____________ 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.

• Alice Paul

• Lucy Burns

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Hillary Clinton

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.

• 17th

• 18th

• 19th

• 21st

• 22nd

Most men in Congress refused to give women the right to vote. For over one hundred years, men refused to support a woman's right of suffrage.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which of the rights listed below were denied women in America prior to the passage of the 19th Amendment?

• Property Rights

• Custodial Rights

• Voting Rights

• Banking Rights

• ALL OF THE RIGHTS LISTED

When did women get the right to vote?

• 1776
• 1865
• 1920
• 2003

Suffrage means......

• the right to vote

• the right for women to vote

• the women who fought for women’s rights

• the fight for women’s rights

The women’s organization called NOW stands for

• New Options for Women

• Now Open for Women

• National Organization for Women

• New Organization for Women