Women's Suffrage and Equal Rights Movement

Vocabulary flashcards focusing on key terms and figures related to the Women's Suffrage and Equal Rights Movement.

Seneca Falls Convention

The start of the Woman’s Rights Movement led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott in 1848.

19th Amendment

Ratified on August 18, 1920, it granted women the right to vote in the United States.

National Woman Suffrage Association

An organization led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony that opposed the 15th Amendment because it did not include women.

American Woman Suffrage Association

An organization led by Lucy Stone that supported women's suffrage and a state-by-state approach.

Carrie Chapman Catt

President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association from 1900, known for her peaceful lobbying.

Alice Paul

A suffragist who took a militant approach to women’s suffrage, including picketing the White House and hunger strikes.

Minor v. Happersett

A 1875 Supreme Court case that ruled that the right to vote was not inherent to citizenship.

Hattie Caraway

First woman elected to the U.S. Senate in 1932.

Betty Friedan

Author of 'The Feminine Mystique,' which argued for women's rights and consciousness in the post-WWII era.

Jeannette Rankin

First woman elected to the House of Representatives in 1917.

Susan B. Anthony

A key leader in the women’s suffrage movement who co-founded the National Woman Suffrage Association.

Roe v. Wade

A landmark Supreme Court decision that established a woman's legal right to have an abortion.