What legal rights did women possess in the colonial era?
None - couldn't vote, use court system, few could own property
100
What is meant by the term 'separate spheres'?
Women were to be housekeepers, men were to do 'real' work, serve in the community. Women served in the home
100
Who championed proper treatment of the mentally ill?
Dorothea Dix
100
How did the 1920s change the role of women in society?
Gained 19th Amendment, new generation emerged as flappers
100
Who wrote "The Feminine Mystique"?
Betty Friedan
200
What defined the role of women during the Jeffersonian and Jacksonian Eras and what did it state?
Cult of Domesticity - women were to be moral guides, ideal ladies, bearer of children & domestic servants
200
How did women's roles in society change during the gilded age?
They began working in factories because they could work at lower fares, served as domestic servants
200
How did the role of women not change in the 1920s?
Women were still not able to become professionals, few women voted
200
Name one of the expansion of women's rights since 1963.
- The Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974
- The Supreme Court decsion in Roe v. Wade
- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- affirmative action regulaitons
300
In what context were women perceived in terms of the community during the Colonial Era?
In what context were women perceived in terms of the community during the Colonial Era?
300
What role did women play in constituting change during the Reform Era in the early 19th century?
Women's Christian Temperance Union, Anti-Saloon League, Women's Rights Convention, Proper treatment of mentally ill, abolitionist movement
300
When was the National American Women's Suffrage Association?
the Progressive Era
300
Who took photographs for Depression victims?
Dorothea Lange
300
Name one female Vice Presidential candidate since the 1960s.
Geraldine Ferraro or Sarah Palin
400
To what extent did women serve during the American Revolution?
Daughters of Liberty: propoganda & boycotts, Some posed as men to fight in combat roles
400
Who led the Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott
400
1. Who worked towards greater use/awareness of birth control pills?
2. Which muckraker was known for attacking the Standard Oil Company?
1. Margaret Sanger
2. Ida Tarbell
400
Who was a symbol of Women in the Workplace during the World Wars?
Rose the Riveter
400
What was Title IX?
Guaranteed equal funding for women's & men's sports in high school and college
500
Who, in the Federalist Era, pushed and worked for greater rights for women?
Abigail Adams
500
What did the Declaration of Sentiments declare?
all men and women are created equal
500
1. Who was arrested for voting, after protesting for Women's rights?
2. Who ran the Hull House?
1. Susan B. Anthony
2. Jane Addams
500
How did women serve the WW2 effort?
in WAC (Women's Army Corps) and WAVES (Women's Navy Corps) as nurses, secretaries, non-combat roles, in factories
500
What was The Feminine Mystique?
Book by Betty Friedan published in the mid 20th century to call out women to contribute more politically, economically & socially