19th century
What did the 19th-century experts say about women's brains?
"Women's brains are smaller than men's. Girls can't learn as much as boys."
What did Dorthea Dix figure out?
She was went to the mentally ill hospitals and found out what happened to the patients
Where was Sojourner born?
New York State
Who was the first woman to vote?
Louisa Swain
Why did Carry Nation leave her first husband?
her first husband was an achoholic
What were the jobs that women could never do in the 19th century? List at least three
- Doctors - Science
- Lawyers
- Law enforcement
- Politics
What happened to the people in the mentally ill hospital? List at least three things
- locked in cages, closets and cellars
- chained naked
- lashed into obedience
-beaten with rods
What was Sojourner's original name?
Isabella Baumfree.
What was the second state to allow voting?
Colorado
How many times did Carry Nation get arrested?
30 times
In 1826, why was the Boston High School for Girls closed down after just two years?
Because it was "an alarming success."
What year did Dorothea Dix write about the Memorial to the Legislature of Massachusetts?
1843
What did Sojourner do in 1826, the year before New York freed enslaved people?
She ran away
Which women still feared and hated the idea of voting?
Mrs. Rutherford
Who established the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
In what year did some schools in Boston begin teaching girls serious subjects?
1850
Why did Dorothea Dix travel around the country and other nations?
To visit asylums and prisons to write and speak about them.
Why did Sojourner rename herself?
To celebrate her freedom and her new way of life.
Women in Colorado, Idaho, and Utah all had a vote in?
1900
Who was the first female professor at Harvard Medical School?
Alice Hamilton
In 1857, the men would disrupt the women's rights convention. What did the men call this?
"A popular sport"
Why did Dorothea Dix write about people in the mental asylums?
She sympathized with those who had mental or emotional problems. And thought that they were being treated differently.
What was written on the banner that Sojourner wore around her chest?
Proclaim Liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabits thereof
In 1917, who was the first woman elected to a state legislature
Jeanette Rankin
Who was the blind and deaf woman who became a famous writer and speaker, proving that determination and intelligence?
Helen Keller