Do Girls Have Brains?
What was the common thought about women's Brains during the 19th century?
They were smaller than men's.
What were the people that went to conventions called?
Reformers
Abolitionists
What was the first state to give voting rights to women?
Wyoming
Why was Myra Colby Bradwell denied being a lawyer even though she met all of the requirements?
Because she was a woman.
Who was the first woman to graduate from an American medical school?
Elizabeth Blackwell
What did the Seneca Falls Declaration say?
We holdd these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.
What year did Truth run away from slavery?
1826
What month and year was the act that granted women of Wyoming the right of suffrage?
November, 1869
What did Clara Barton do?
Establish the American Red Cross.
What was the name of the college that educated men and women together?
Oberlin College
How many years had Susan B. Anthony been a teacher?
15
What had Sojourner Truth been named at birth?
Isabella
What did Mildred Rutherford think about women's suffrage?
She thought women shouldn't have the right to vote.
Who said "The best women I know do not want to vote."
Horace Greeley
How many schools did Elizabeth Blackwell apply to before being accepted?
29
How many people signed the Seneca Falls Declaration and how many were men?
100 signed, 32 were men.
How tall was Truth?
About how many people lived in South Pass City?
3000
How many times did Carry Nation get arrested?
30 Times
What were the names of the two sisters that set out on a lecture tour in 1837?
Sarah and Angelia Grimké
What were the first 5 states did Elizabeth Cady Santon hold conventions in?
Ohio, Indiana, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York.
Who wrote the book Uncle Toms Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Where did Esther Morris grow up?
Oswego, New York
How many women including Susan B. Anthony were arrested for voting in 1872?
16