Women in the Movement
traveled the country delivering speeches in favor of women's suffrage
Susan B Anthony
What was the first big event held by the Congressional Union?
parade the day Wilson arrived in Washington
What year did the convention take place?
1848
Sojourner Truth
write the speech "Ain't I a Woman"
What was the Missouri Compromise?
Allowed Missouri to become a slave state
organized parades and pickets in support for suffrage
Alice Paul
What did Lucy and Alice start after losing the Congressional Congress?
National Women's Party
What was the convention?
convention for women's rights
John Brown
organized raids and uprising, including Harper's Ferry
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
required all enslaved people to be returned to the owners & Americans to cooperate with captures
served as president of the National American Women's Suffrage Association from 1900-1904 and 1915-1920
Carrie Chapman Catt
What was the purpose of the National Women's Party?
pass an amendment for women's suffrage
In what state did the Convention take place?
New York
Federick Douglass
escaped slavery and wrote a memoir titled Narrative of the Life of Federick Douglass: An American Slave
What was the Underground Railroad?
A system for slaves to escape to the North
American writer and activist who was a leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S from the mid-late 19th century. Along with Lucretia Mott organized the Seneca Falls Convention
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
What was the name of the last man to vote "yes" for women's suffrage?
Burns
Who were the main organizers of the convention?
Lucy and Elizabeth
Harriet Tubman
fugitive enslaved woman known for helping enslaved people escape to the north via the underground railroad
How did the Underground Railroad work?
"conductors" guided slaves to hiding places including homes, churches, and school houses
founded the American Women's Suffrage Association, which merged with the National Women's Suffrage Association in 1890
Lucy Stone
What color rose did pro-19th amendment people wear?
yellow
what was the primary goal of the convention?
social, political, and religious equality for women
William Lloyd Garrison
started a publication called the Liberator, which supported the immediate freeing of enslaved people
Who ran the Underground Railroad?
ordinary people, farmers, business owners, ministers, some wealthy people