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Vocabulary
Limited Rights
Women Reformers
Women Reformers Continued
1848 Meeting
100
Another word for change or improvement.
Reform
100
In 1839 this state gave women the right to control their own property.
Mississippi
100
The Seneca Nation rulers were chosen by this group of people.
Women
100
Reformers had these two main goals.
1. Reform society so it worked better, 2. Reform individuals so they became better people
100
This woman, whose father was a Judge, became a leader for women's rights.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
200
The Right to Vote is called __________.
Suffrage
200
Elisabeth Cady Stanton shocked New York lawmakers by doing this.
Speaking in public, in front of committee of New York lawmakers.
200
Elizabeth Blackwell trained for this job.
Doctor
200
Two of the things Dorothea Dix saw in prisons she visited.
1. Prisoners who were mentally ill but had not committed a crime, 2. Crammed into a dark basement, 3. No heat, 4. Beaten, 5. Naked, 6. In chains
200
Stanton helped organize this convention.
Senecca Falls
300
A supporter of the women's rights movement.
Feminist
300
This former slave worked to free slaves and gain rights for women.
Sojourner Truth
300
Blackwell did this when she couldn't get a job.
Opened a clinic for poor people in New York City.
300
This Ohio college was the first to admint men and women.
Oberlin
300
This was the main goal of the convention in 1848.
Discuss women's rights.
400
Women supported this movement to end slavery.
Abolition movement
400
This former slave said that women were not this.
Weak
400
Louisa May Alcott wrote this book.
Little Women
400
Lucy Stone refused to read this.
Graduaton essay
400
The convention approved this document.
Declaration of Sentiments
500
This movement promoted moderation in drinking.
Moderation movement
500
These three new laws were passed by New York lawmakers after Stanton spoke to them a second time.
1. Right to keep money they earned, 2. Married women could sue in court, 3. Equal right to custody of children
500
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this book.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
500
Emma Hart Willard believed that women should be taught these two things at her Troy female seminary.
Science & Math
500
This group was strongly opposed to women's rights.
Religious leaders