The Women’s Movement

The Women’s Movement

Chapter 14Section 3

Women and Reform

• Women abolitionists, become the first feminists, they sought to improve women’s lives and win equal rights

• Lucretia Mott was a Quaker and reformer who formed the Philadelphia Female Anti-slavery Society

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucretia Mott join forces to work for women's rights

• The Seneca Falls Convention– Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucretia Mott, and

other women organized the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York.

– The convention issued a Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions modeled on the Declaration of Independence. “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal”

– It called for an end to laws that discriminated against women.

– The most controversial issue was women suffrage, or right to vote

• The Movement Grows– Women and men joined the Women’s Rights

Movement– Quaker Susan B. Anthony called for equal pay for

women, college training for women, and coeducation.

– Susan B. Anthony organized Daughters of Temperance

– Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton become lifelong friends and partners in the struggle for women’s rights

– In 1890 Wyoming granted women the right to vote– By 1920 women could vote in all states

Progress by American Women• Education– Pioneers in women’s education began to call for

more opportunities– Many believed the study of math could cause

women to have a nervous breakdown.– Emma Willard (Troy Female Seminary) and Mary

Lyon (Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary) started first female seminaries in the 1800s

• Marriage and Family Laws– During the 1800s women made some gains in the

area of marriage and property laws.– Some states permit women to own property after

marriage– Indiana was the first state to allow women to

divorce if their husband was an abuser of alcohol

• Breaking Barriers– Graduated from Geneva College at the head of her class.– Elizabeth Blackwell became the first women to receive a medical degree in the United States or Europe

The Quaker woman who gave lectures calling for temperance, peace, workers’ rights, and abolition was

A. Lucretia MottB. Elizabeth StantonC. Lucy StoneD. Susan B. Anthony

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Many believed the study of mathematics could cause women to have a

A. Brighter mindB. Nervous breakdownC. Greater incomeD. Better education

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Mount Holyoke Female Seminary was founded by

A. Susan B. AnthonyB. Elizabeth StantonC. Amelia Jenks BloomerD. Mary Lyon

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The first state to allow women to divorce their husbands if they had an alcohol problem was

A. New YorkB. IndianaC. CaliforniaD. Mississippi

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In the 1800s which occupation was a possible choice for women?

A. DoctorB. School teacherC. MinisterD. Lawyer

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The first American feminists came from what group?

A. Runaway slavesB. PoliticiansC. Women abolitionistsD. Men

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Who organized the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society?

A. Lucretia MottB. Susan B. AnthonyC. Mary LyonD. Elizabeth Stanton

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Where was the site of the first women’s rights convention?

A. Independence Hall, PhiladelphiaB. Constitution Hall, PhiladelphiaC. New York City, New YorkD. Seneca Falls, New York

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Define: Right to Vote

A. SufferB. SuffrageC. EmancipationD. Politician

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Who organized the daughters of Temperance?

A. Lucretia MottB. Susan B. AnthonyC. Mary LyonD. Elizabeth Stanton

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