WOMEN GAIN NEW OPPORTUNITIES 1865-1900

VOCABULARY

100

Women who wanted the right to vote

SUFFRAGETTE 

200

Dislike of people who are different

PREJUDICE

300

Someone who works as a maid, cook or laundry worker

DOMESTIC

400

A job in which workers serve or help others

SERVICE JOBS

500

Treating a person differently because of their colour, gender, background or other difference

DISCRIMINATION

WOMEN WIN NEW RIGHTS

100

2 of the rights that women did NOT have at the end of the 1800's

1. COULD NOT VOTE

2. COULD NOT HOLD OFFICE

3. COULD NOT KEEP MONEY THEY EARNED

4. COULD BE BEATEN BY THEIR HUSBAND AS LONG AS THEY WEREN'T SERIOUSLY HURT

200

These 2 types of publications treated suffragettes badly

1. NEWSPAPERS

2. POLITICAL CARTOONS

300

1 of the suffragettes who fought for women's rights

ELIZABETH CADY STANTON

LUCRETIA MOTT

SUSAN B ANTHONY

400

This state gave women the vote in 1869 AND why

WYOMING

MORE MEN THATN WOMEN - WANTED TO ENCOURAGE WOMEN TO SETTLE IN THE STATE

500

Mary Ann Shadd Cary was the first woman to do this

BECOME A LAWYER

WOMEN WIN NEW RIGHTS (2)

100

Give 2 of the reasons that Mary Shadd Cary gave to support her belief tht she had the right to vote

1. 14th & 15th amendments gave her the right to vote

2. She paid her taxes

3. She obeyed U.S. laws

She performed her duties as a citizen

Therefore she had the same right as other citizens which meant she had the right to vote.

200

It was against the law for women to enter these 2 professions

1. DOCTOR

2. LAWYER

300

Leonora Barry "Lady Tramp" wanted women to be able to join this organization

LABOUR UNIONS

400

Leonora Barry fought for rights for working women - name 2 of them

1. HIGHER PAY

2. SHORTER HOURS

3. SAFER WORKING CONDITIONS

500

Name 2 types of 'service jobs' that women did

1. OFFICE WORKERS

2. SALES CLERKS

3. NURSES

WOMEN ENTER THE BUSINESS WORLD

100

2 reasons women liked working in offices

1. CLEAN WORK

2. DIDN'T REQUIRE GREAT PHYSICAL STRENGTH

200

2 inventions that made office work easier

1. TYPEWRITERS

2. TELEPHONES

300

Employers preferred to hire women for this reason

THEY COULD PAY THEM LESS

400

What profession did Clara Barton do tht was know as 'women's work'

NURSING

500

Name 2 of the strict rules that nurses had to follow

Name 3 of the strict rules that teachers had to follow

NURSES -Had to live at the hospital, had to pay room and board, lost their job if they got married

TEACHERS -Could not stay out late at night, could not dye their hair, could not smoke, could not wear bright colours

DISCRIMINATION LIMITS OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN OF COLOR

100

Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to do this

BECOME A DOCTOR - later went on to open a women's hospital with her sister

200

 Madame C.J. Walker sold these and became a millionaire

COSMETICS

300

3 types of jobs that were available to African American women

FARM LABOURERS

DOMESTICS

MAIDS

COOKS

LAUNDRY WOMEN

400

2 of the 4 states that  women were allowed to vote in by the end of the 1800's

Wyoming

Colorado

Idaho

Utah

500

This was the aim of the National Association of Coloured Women (NACP)

TO CHANGE THINGS - TO EDUCATE AFRICAN AMERICANS, TO EHLEP THEM GET BETTER JOBS