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Ladies from which location were among the first women voters in the 1800s?
Pitcairn Island (tiny British colony in the Pacific Ocean)
Who were 2 suffragist leaders who fought for the 15th amendment saying it would eventually help their cause
Julia Ward Howe and Lucy Stone
What was the "Night of Terror"?
Nov 15, 1917 33 women severely beaten and jailed for picketing the White House. Extremely abusive and violent behavior towards these women
What Massacre took place shortly after Eastman was appointed government doctor to the Dakota?
Wounded Knee Massacre 1890
How did Ohiyesa and Joseph fight for their people's rights?
Speeches, books, raising awareness, telling their story, bringing their plight before government officials.
Women fighting for the right to vote were called?
Suffagists
Which 2 countries in the Southern Hemisphere gained traction while being unified and peaceful in their pursuit of women's right to vote? How did they do this?
New Zealand and Victoria, Australia
door to door - signing scroll of 11,600 signatures
Marie Kirk, Vida Goldstein, Annette Bear-Crawford
What was the effect that World War 1 had on women's rights?
It helped their cause as women were needed to step into men's roles and they did well.
What happened after boarding school for Ohiyesa?
college, medical school, worked as doctor to his people and for the government
Joseph took his people (800) towards Canada to stay out of war - what happened?
They were hunted down. Some of warriors had been aggressive and they took it out on all of them. Captured 40 miles from Canada. Promised safe passage - instead sent to prison camp and diseased reservation in OK and then Idaho
What was the document patterned after the US Declaration of Independence and how was it different? Who was a famous abolitionist who signed it?
Declaration of Sentiments - All men and women are created equal. Frederick Douglass
Who was the British leader who called the women to a more militant approach to gaining attention for their cause after 50 years of politely asking?
Emmeline Pankhurst
Why were the people calling President Wilson a "kaiser" for supporting democracy for the German people?
Because he was not supporting the 20 million american women at home who were wanting democracy. The picketers made a banner with Wilson being called Kaiser and thousands of women were arrested from riots it provoked
Who asked Ohiyesa to go to the white world? why?
Traveled as an 15 yr old to a boarding school in Nebraska - his father, who he thought had been killed.
What was discovered on Nez Perce lands that caused settlers to become greedy
gold
Who were the american women who made a strong unified team in the fight for women's suffrage in the US?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony
What did they call these more militant/disruptive women?
suffragettes (with a hard "g")
Why did Vladamir Lenin want women to vote?
He wanted them to work - build a more industrial nation.
How was Ohiyesa raised?
Traditionally as a plains Indian.
Who was Chief Joseph
leader for Nez Perce - stayed full Indian. Didn't try to straddle the cultures
Why were Stanton and Anthony campaigning against the 15th amendment?
they feared it would create a setback for all women. If the 15th amendment wouldn't recognize women, when would they ever be? They were worried it would not be readdressed for a long time. They wanted a right to vote for all.
Who picked up the baton in the US from Susan B Anthony who was in her 80s?
Alice Paul, Lucy Barns, Inez Milholland, Carrie Chapman Catt
When was the 19th amendment finally put in place?
1920
Who was Charles Alexander Eastman?
Ohiyesa - straddled the sioux and american ways
What was disheartening for Ohiyesa as he fought on behalf of his people to the government?
The US government kept modifying the agreements - going back on promises - taking land. Confining them to certain plots to farm where they were nomads