Important People
Who is considered one of the key writers of the Declaration of Sentiments?
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
In what year was the Seneca Falls Convention held?
What is 1848?
What was the name of the group founded by Stanton and Anthony that focused on a federal suffrage amendment?
What is the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA)?
What peaceful tactic involved standing silently with banners outside the White House?
What is picketing?
What was the primary argument used by anti-suffragists to oppose women’s voting rights?
What is “Women belong in the home”?
This suffragist worked alongside Stanton and was known for her public speaking and organizing skills.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
Wyoming became the first U.S. territory to grant women the right to vote in what year?
What is 1869?
This group, led by Lucy Stone, supported a state-by-state approach to suffrage.
What is the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA)?
Suffragists often held parades to bring attention to their cause. What was the key message of these parades?
What is “Votes for Women”?
Many suffragists faced this consequence for their activism, especially during protests.
What is imprisonment?
This former enslaved woman became a powerful advocate for both abolition and women’s suffrage.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
What document, written at the Seneca Falls Convention, outlined women’s grievances and demands?
What is the Declaration of Sentiments?
The National Woman’s Party was co-founded by Alice Paul and which other suffragist?
Who is Lucy Burns?
Suffragists used this written tool to share their ideas with the public.
What are pamphlets or newspapers?
Some suffragists disagreed on strategy. What was the major split in approach?
What is state-by-state campaigns vs. a federal amendment?
This African American suffragist refused to march in the back of the 1913 Women’s Suffrage Parade.
Who is Ida B. Wells-Barnett?
Which parade, held in 1913, brought national attention to the suffrage movement?
What is the Women’s Suffrage Parade in Washington, D.C.?
Mary Church Terrell was a founding member of this organization for African American women.
What is the National Association of Colored Women (NACW)?
What slogan did suffragists use to connect their cause to the broader idea of justice?
What is “Equal rights for all”?
What challenge did African American women face in the suffrage movement?
What is racism and exclusion from some suffrage organizations?
This suffragist led the National American Woman Suffrage Association and created the “Winning Plan.”
Who is Carrie Chapman Catt?
What amendment, eventually passed in 1920, granted women the right to vote?
What is the 19th Amendment?
This suffrage group used more confrontational tactics like picketing and hunger strikes.
What is the National Woman’s Party (NWP)?
In addition to parades, suffragists used this form of protest to gain public sympathy while in prison.
What is hunger strikes?
Suffragists faced violence during this pivotal 1913 event.
What is the Women’s Suffrage Parade in Washington, D.C.?