What Is the Women's Rights Movement? Chapters 5 & 6

_____ _______ was the first of a group of seven women's colleges called the "Seven Sisters."

The cost of the women's colleges were high and many other colleges still did not accept women and this meant very few girls could earn a college degree and without the degree they could not enter certain professions.

• True

• False

Who dreamt of being a doctor and became the first woman in the United States to get a medical degree and graduated at the top of her class?

Who was an astronomer who discovered a comet and became the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences?

Today, women earn about half of all __________, which are the most advanced degrees.

Male professors are still paid more than women who hold the same rank.

• True

• False

In 1844, female mill workers in Lowell, Massachusetts, formed one of the first US labor groups for women.

• True

• False

In 1909, who helped organize the largest strike of American women to date?

Who won a Nobel Peace Prize and became the first American woman to win a Nobel Prize?