World Civ Final: Theme 4

Suffrage

the right to vote

Seneca Falls Convention 1848

The first women’s rights convention; led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton; called for women’s equality and suffrage.

19th Amendment

women get the right to vote

Jane Addams

founded the Hull House in Chicago in 1889

Hull House/Settlement House

founded by Jane Addams, it was active in social/political role

Susan B. Anthony

key woman abolitionist

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

women’s rights leader; wrote Declaration of Sentiments; organized Seneca Falls Convention; fought for women’s suffrage

The Second Great Awakening

early 19th-century religious revival; promoted reform movements; increased women's public roles.

Title IX

1972 law banning sex discrimination in federally funded education; expanded women’s sports and rights

Sandra Day O’Connor

the first female to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court

NOW

(National Organization for Women) said we don't accept the traditional assumption that a woman has to choose between marriage and motherhood

Republican Mothers

reinforced women’s role in the home, encouraged women to be educated, and both empowered and limited women 1735-1800

Temperance

a movement that was trying to ban alcohol to help people with addictions