Colonial Period
This young woman saved lives at Jamestown by being a negotiator between the English settlers and her Nation. Not because of John Smith!
Who was Matoaka, or Pocahontas?
These women followed the Continental Army to be close to their husbands. They cooked, cleaned, mended uniforms, and a few even shot some cannon!
Who were the "Molly Pitchers?"
This cause worked to either limit or completely ban the use of alcoholic beverages in the United States.
What is the Temperance Movement?
This abolitionist was the deciding vote on including suffrage on the Declaration of Sentiments in Seneca Falls:
Who was Frederick Douglass?
Many women were not satisfied with just sewing and nursing during the war. Some disguised themselves and did this:
You can avoid being executed in Salem during the 1692 Witch Trials if you only do this:
What is CONFESS.
This former enslaved woman became the first African American (male or female) to publish a book of their own. In it she wrote poems that celebrated General Washington and the Revolution, but also the need for African Americans to be free.
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
The new move to provide better education to girls led to women being hired for this new position that was greatly needed as the country grew:
What is a public school teacher?
This woman is considered to be the "mother of suffrage." It was her who suggested that women should get the vote.
Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
Not only the famous conductor of a railroad, she was also a nurse, a cook and a valuable Union spy.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
These were women (and men) who had someone pay for their passage to the colonies, and in order to pay off that debt, they were to work until the debt was paid.
What is an Indentured Servant?
This idea comes from the duty American mothers had in raising their children (especially sons) to be good American Citizens:
What is Republican Motherhood?
This woman was not content with prayer vigils outside saloons and bars...she went in with an axe!
Who was Carry Nation?
This woman thought that Americans who suffered from mental illness needed better treatment.
Who was Dorothea Dix?
Confederate women were found to be doing this while travelling to and from DC and Virginia. Took a while for the Union Soldiers to catch on...
What is smuggling contraband?
This woman was a powerful sachem of her nation, and she did try to negotiate with the New England colonists, but later joined her brother in law in fighting them.
Who was Weetamoo?
Many women and men began marrying for this rather than having their parents arrange their marriages.
What is Love?
In the Declaration of Sentiments, Elizabeth Cady Stanton added this resolution which was at first too radical:
What is the right to vote?
This woman was NOT at the Seneca Falls Convention.
Who is Susan B Anthony?
Following the war and Emancipation, the main concern for formerly enslaved women was what?
Finding their families after slavery and the war.
After the Elizabeth Key case, Virginia passed a law declaring that all African descent children's status depended on this parent:
Who is the mother?
This woman wrote to her husband, the future 2nd President of the United States to "remember the ladies" when forming a new government. He thought she was joking.
Who was Abigail Adams?
This new industry encouraged young women to work in factories, allowing young unmarried women to earn some money and independence.
What are textiles?
These two sisters were born to a wealthy southern slave owning family, however, they were horrified at the abuses of slavery, and became Abolitionists instead:
Who were the Grimke sisters? (Angelina and Sarah)
Thanks to Florence Nightingale and Dorothea Dix, this became a honored position during the war. The Northern women led the way with the Sanitary Commission. The Southern women were a little slow due to lack of organization and funds.
What is nursing?