Women's Literature
This female poet lived during the Romantic Era and is widely considered one of the best poets of her time, rivaling the works of Walt Whitman and Edgar Allan Poe. Her most popular work is "Hope is a Thing with Feathers."
Who is Emily Dickinson?
Born in 1815, this woman established the National Woman Suffrage Association, led the first women's rights convention at Seneca Falls, and wrote three volumes on the history of women's suffrage before her death.
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
This pilot is most famous for her mysterious disappearance while flying around the Bermuda Triangle in 1937.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
This gave women the right to vote in 1920.
What is the 19th Amendment?
According to popular legend, this seamstress designed the first American flag in 1776.
Who is Betsy Ross?
The author of the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. The book was a huge success and caused many in the North to join the fight for abolition.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
The first state to give white women the right to vote.
First American woman in space.
Who is Sally K. Ride?
The first female Supreme Court justice.
Who is Sandra Day O'Conner?
This political cartoon encouraged working women in the factories during WWII with a caption saying, "We Can Do It!"
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
Betty Frieden wrote this book in 1963 that sparked the second-wave feminism movement across the United States.
What is The Feminine Mystique?
The name of the document written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and other suffragettes at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention.
What is the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments?
Anthropologist Margaret Mead is best known for her impressive work in this Oceanic country.
What is Samoa?
This monumental law, passed in 1964, outlawed workplace discrimination based on race, gender, ethnicity, and national origin.
Civil Rights of 1964
This movie, staring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard, grossed over $14 million and was nominated for 5 awards at the 34th Academy Awards
What is Breakfast at Tiffanys?
This woman gave the powerful speech, "Ain't I a Woman?" in which she challenged ideas of traditional femininity and slavery.
Who is Sorjouner Truth?
These two colors became symbols of women's suffrage across the United States.
What are the colors purple and yellow/what is the significance of purple and yellow?
The first woman to receive an engineering degree from an American university in 1876.
Who is Elizabeth Braggs?
This future first lady wrote a letter in 1776 to her husband urging him to "remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors."
Who is Abigail Adams?
This fashion item emerged in 1851 and became so popular that it was directly associated with the women's suffrage movement and caused women to shed their hoop skirts.
What are bloomers?
Written in 1892 by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, this short story features a young, newly married woman, who is driven insane by the wallpaper in her house.
What is The Yellow Wallpaper?
In this year, Susan B. Anthony illegally voted in the presidential election. She got caught and was forced to pay a $100 fine.
What is 1872?
This woman was a dedicated social reformer who advocated on behalf of the mentally ill and criminally insane. She spent 40 years of her life lobbying legislators to establish state psychiatric hospitals. She established 32 of these facilities.
Who is Dorothea Dix?
This tragic event in 1911 took the lives of 145 young women and caused a huge surge in the women's rights movement as protestors demanded better working conditions and adequate pay.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?