Women in the Progressive Era

Flashcards covering the roles of women, suffrage, and social reform during the Progressive Era.

New Woman

Educated, modern women who pursued interests outside their homes during the Progressive Era.

Hull House

A Chicago settlement house founded by Jane Addams to assist the urban poor with various issues.

Mary Church Terrell

Founder and first president of the National Association of Colored Women, advocating for women's rights.

Woman Suffrage

Voting rights for women, a key demand of the American women's rights movement.

Suffragists

Active supporters of a woman's right to vote.

National Woman Suffrage Association

An organization founded by Elizabeth Cady Stanton that later merged to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)

An organization formed in 1890 from a merger of two suffrage groups, led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and later Susan B. Anthony.

Alice Paul

Founded the National Woman's Party in 1916, seeking greater equality and suffrage for women.

Nineteenth Amendment

Went into effect in 1920, granting women the right to vote.

Women's Trade Union League (WTUL)

An organization formed in 1903 to improve employment conditions for women and support labor unions.

Temperance

Urging people to stop drinking alcohol.

Prohibition

Laws that would ban the making or selling of alcohol in the United States.

Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)

Formed in 1874 to fight against the use of alcohol

Eighteenth Amendment

ratified in 1919 declaring it illegal to make, transport, or sell alcohol in the United States.