BRAVE WOMEN
This woman was best friends with Susan B. Anthony and spoke at Seneca Falls in 1848.
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
These three colors were the official suffrage colors: Purple, White, and ___________.
What is Gold or Yellow?
The year women finally got the right to vote in America.
What is 1920?
This is what suffrage means - the right to do this in elections.
What is VOTE?
The 19th Amendment to the Constitution gave women this right.
What is the right to vote?
She traveled around America giving speeches and voted illegally in 1872 to protest unfair laws.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
This color represented 'purity' in the suffrage movement.
What is White?
The Seneca Falls Convention, where the women's rights movement began, happened in this year.
What is 1848?
Suffragists organized these events where they marched down streets carrying signs and banners.
What are parades (or marches)?
This young Chinese American girl was only 16 years old when she rode a horse in the 1912 suffrage parade!
Who is Mabel Ping-Hua Lee?
She refused to march in the back at the 1913 parade and fought for Black women's rights. She was also a brave journalist.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
In Tennessee's 'War of the Roses,' people who SUPPORTED suffrage wore this color rose.
What is Yellow (or Gold)?
Susan B. Anthony voted illegally to protest in this year.
What is 1872?
Suffragists did this outside the White House in 1917, standing silently with protest signs. They were called the 'Silent Sentinels.'
What is picketing (or protesting)?
This is what you call people who OPPOSED women getting the right to vote.
What are anti-suffragists?
This woman picketed the White House in 1917 and went to jail where she did a hunger strike. She led the National Woman's Party.
Who is Alice Paul?
Suffragists wore sashes with this phrase written on them during parades and protests.
What is 'Votes for Women'?
The state that was the final one needed to ratify the 19th Amendment, making it become law.
What is Tennessee?
When suffragists were put in jail, some of them refused to eat to protest their treatment. This is called a ________ strike.
What is a hunger strike?
In Tennessee, the vote came down to just ONE vote. This young man changed his vote because of a letter from his mother.
Who is Harry Burn?
Born enslaved, she became free and gave the famous 1851 speech called 'Ain't I a Woman?' She fought for BOTH women's rights AND ending slavery.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
Purple in the suffrage colors represented these two things: loyalty and___________.
What is dignity?
This is how many YEARS women fought for suffrage (from Seneca Falls in 1848 to ratification in 1920).
What is 72 years?
This is the name for when enough states approved the 19th Amendment to make it become law.
What is ratification (or ratify)?
The letter Harry Burn's mother sent him told him to 'Be a good boy' and vote for this. (Hint: it means voting rights)
What is suffrage (or voting rights for women)?