Name the Writer
Who was the first African American and second woman (after Anne Bradstreet) to publish a book of poems?
Phillis Wheatley
“Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.”
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
Toni Morrison is still alive.
False
Died: August 5, 2019
SOJOURNER TRUTH
Yes
“If it is not a fit place for women, it is unfit for men to be there.”
What is the first wave of feminism?
was a period of feminist activity and thought that occurred during the 19th and early 20th century throughout the Western world. It focused on legal issues, primarily on gaining the right to vote.
Who wrote " I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
Maya Angelou
Everything you've done to me, already been done to you.
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
Maya Angelou was raped at age 12.
False
She was raped at age 7
IDA B. WELLS
Yes
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”
What is the second wave of feminism?
1960s-1980s, touched on every area of women’s experience, including politics, work, family, and sexuality.
Who was a professor at Howard University?
Toni Morrison
Nothin' but death will keep me from it.
The Color Purple
Alice Walker
Alice Walker received a scholarship to Spelman College
True
With the help of a scholarship, Walker was able to attend Spelman College in Atlanta.
DOROTHY HEIGHT
Yes
“A [black] woman has the same kind of problems as other women, but she can’t take the same things for granted.”
What is patriarchy in feminism?
Patriarchy is a term used in feminism to describe the system of gender-based hierarchy in society which assigns most power to men, and assigns higher value to men, maleness, and "masculine traits". .
After she graduated from college, she participated in the Civil Rights Movement?
Alice Walker
“In every human Breast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance.”
Complete Writings
Phillis Wheatley
Toni Morrison was the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize.
True
Gloria Anzaldúa
Yes
Name some Feminism.
Black Feminism
Latina Feminism
Chicana Feminism
Intersectional Feminism
By age 18, she wrote over 28 poems?
Phillis Wheatley
“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
Beloved
Toni Morrison
Maya Angelou didn't speak for five years in her youth.
True
Cherríe Moraga
Yes
What is Inter sectional Feminism?
a branch of feminism asserting how different aspects of social and political identity discrimination overlap (intersect) with gender