Womens Rights Review Guide

Women’s Rights Review Guide

Seneca Falls Convention: First organized event for the promotion of women’s suffrage. Organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Wanted abolition and women's suffrage, organized Seneca Falls Convention. Urged Congress to include women in the 14th and 15th Amendment. Founded the National Woman Suffrage Association with Susan B. Anthony.

Lucretia Mott: Women’s rights activist and abolitionist, helped organize Seneca Falls Convention with Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Declaration of Sentiments: Signed at the Seneca Falls Convention by many men and women including Fredrick Douglass, sparked years of activism.

19th Amendment: The US Constitution allowed citizens the right to vote, not based on sex.

Roe V. Wade (1973): A supreme court case in which the court ruled that the United States would protect the right to have an abortion.

Abortion Rights: Women in the United States have the right to have an abortion, or to end their pregnancy.

Flappers: Women, generally from the 1920s, who found themselves going against typical stereotypes and wearing fitted clothing, showing their ankles, and engaging in speakeasies.

Equal Pay Act: Signed by John F. Kennedy in 1963 ensuring that men and women working in the same job at the same workplace would not have wage related discrimination

Margaret Sanger: The first woman to open a birth control clinic in 1916, and the first woman to create a birth control pill in 1960.

Title IX: Provided equal amounts of extracurriculars, sports, and equal educational opportunities for men and women.

The Feminine Mystique: Book written by Betty Friedan, made many women question the purpose of their lives and had them wanting more.

Betty Friedan: The woman who wrote The Feminine Mystique, creating a second wave of feminism.

Violence Against Women Act (VAWA): Signed by Clinton in 1994, helped women facing domestic violence, rape, sexual assaults, stalking, and other gender-related violence.

Hillary Clinton: The first female presidential nominee in 2016, who represented the democratic position.

Kamala Harris: Came into office as the first woman and woman of color to be vice president of the United States, came into office in 2021.

Rosie the Riveter: A female icon, typically represented on posters, to encourage women to join the war, and help out.

Republican Motherhood: The act in which women were told to help future generations learn how they should behave, during the American Revolution.

Cult of domesticity: Nineteenth-century culture that suggested that women should be in the home and reinforce republican motherhood. It gave women authority in the home but limited their opportunities in the real world.

Factory Girls: A coined term for a young woman who worked in a factory, a shop, or an office.

Susan B. Anthony: A women’s rights activist who played an important rule during the women’s suffrage movement and against slavery.

Equal Rights Amendment: The amendment made to end the distinctions between men and women, when it came to divorce, property, and employment.

Phyllis Schlafly: Anti feminist, conservative activist. Her STOP ERA movement resulted in the ERA being passed but not ratified by many states.

Muller V. Oregon: A supreme court case decision where women were allowed by the state to have less working hours than men.

Florence Kelley: Advocate for women and labor rights. Was dedicated to improving working conditions for women and children and helped found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Sandra Day O’Connor: The first woman who served as a U.S Supreme Court justice who served from 1981-2006, and was a conservative.

Geraldine Ferraro: A female American politician, who was also the first woman to be nominated for vice president by a major political party.

Gibson Girl: The feminine ideal of physical attractiveness during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, by Charles Dana Gibson.

18th Amendment: Enforced prohibition of alcohol. Doesn't ban the drinking of alcohol, just the selling. One of the 3 goals of women, (abolition of slavery, temperance, and suffrage.) It is repealed by the 21st amendment.

Jeanette Rankin: An American politician and women’s rights advocate who was the first woman to hold federal office in the US, and was elected to US House of Representatives, being a Republican from Montana.