Colonial Era
This young woman was the link between English Settlers and Native Americans in Colonial Virginia from 1607-1615
Who was Matoaka, or Pocahontas?
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The Troy Seminary founded by Emma Willard, was established to give young women an opportunity to have a better version of this.
What is an education?
The movement to limit or ban alcohol.
What is temperance?
This woman led numerous enslaved people to the North and later spied for Federal troops during the war.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
In 1692 this was the only way you could escape the gallows if you were accused of witchcraft in Salem, MA.
What is a confession?
This was a group of women, not an individual, who went from battlefield to battlefield with their husbands and at least twice fought the British alongside them.
Who were the "Molly Pitchers?"
This form of undergarment worn by women throughout the 19th century, was designed to conform the shape of women to hourglasses, bells, and in the form of the letter S! Not made for comfort!
What is a corset?
This term, (which is not a bad thing) is defined as being able to cast your vote in an election.
What is suffrage?
This Angel of the Battlefield helped find the final resting places of thousands of Federal soldiers through out the south following the War, and later formed the American Red Cross.
Who was Clara Barton?
The New England colonies were better equipped to form a permanent settlement in the Americas than in Jamestown, all because they brought these people with them right away.
Who were women?
This concept meant that American mothers were to raise their children to be good American citizens.
What is "Republican Motherhood?"
This industry was the first to encourage teenage girls and young women to work outside the home. The girls who worked there were no pushovers, they were willing to strike for their rights!
What was the textile industry?
This document, modeled after the Declaration of Independence, was read at the Seneca Falls Convention and signed by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass.
What is the Declaration of Sentiments?
It is estimated that 400-1000 women hid their identity and did this during the Civil War.
What is disguise themselves as a man to fight for the Union and Confederate armies.
If you needed passage to go to the colonies, but did not have the money, you could become one of these and work until your debt was paid off.
What was an indentured servant?
This woman became the first African American to publish a book in the Americas. The book was a volume of poetry that expressed the desire of freedom for the American Colonies and enslaved people like herself.
Who was Phillis Wheatley?
Women wore these on back of their skirts to make the back of their dresses puff out, while the front of the dress appeared slim and trim.
What is a bustle?
This woman took the Temperance cause to the extreme. With a Bible in one hand, and an axe in the other.
Who was Carrie Nation?
What is reuniting with their parents, spouses and children who were separated when sold to other owners.
Following the Elizabeth Key case, the colony of Virginia changed the legal status of children to follow this parent, creating the basis for chattel slavery in the American South.
What is the mother?
During the 19th century more and more young people were marrying for this, rather than stability and wealth.
What is love, or affection?
This clothing item was designed for the busy 19th century woman who had clean and chase after her children. Usually worn with a long tunic, these full, billowing pants were gathered at the ankle. Unfortunately, women were ridiculed for wearing them.
What are bloomers?
This was viewed as the most radical action in the Declaration of Sentiments. It wasn't approved until Frederick Douglass voted for it.
What was giving women the right to vote or suffrage?
This term concerns the similar and different challenges different groups of people experience. Frances Ellen Harper highlighted this when speaking of her difficulties as a African American woman compared to those of white women.
What is intersectionality?