Vocabulary
The first woman on U.S. soil to publicly demand the vote
Margaret Brent, a southern landowner
Freed slave who became an abolitionist and feminist (a person who stood up for women’s rights)
b. A system of houses and people where slaves could go to escape
Gave a famous speech called “Ain’t I a Woman in 1851 at the Ohio Rights Women’s Convention?”
Signed the Emancipation Proclamation to make it legal
document freed all slaves in 1863
Famous for being arrested when she tried to vote
At the _______________, 300 men and women met, gave speeches, and listened to reasons why women should be allowed to vote.
U.S. document defined voters as male
Former slave who was known for her work in helping with the Underground Railroad.
Seneca Falls is located in which state
the Nineteenth Amendment ratified in
An advocate for women’s suffrage. She wanted the right to vote when her father told her “Too bad you aren’t a boy.”
constitutional amendment granted U.S. women suffrage