Early rights
Women couldn’t do this in early America
vote
She fought for women’s voting rights
Susan B. Anthony
First women’s rights convention in the U.S.
The Seneca Falls Convention
Year women gained the right to vote
1920
Women today can do this that they couldn’t before
vote/work/get educated
Women often weren’t allowed to own this
property
She helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Document calling for equal rights for women
What is the Declaration of Sentiments?
Amendment that gave women the right to vote
19th amendment
Law that gave equal opportunities in education and sports
Title IX
Women were expected to mainly do this role
stay at home / take care of family
She was First Lady and supported human rights and women’s rights
Eleanor Roosevelt
Movement focused on gaining voting rights for women
the suffrage movement
Women who fought for voting rights were called this
suffragist
Difference in earnings between men and women
gender pay gap
Married women’s rights were controlled by this person under old laws
their husbands
She refused to give up her bus seat and inspired civil rights activism
Rosa Parks
Protest where women picketed the White House
suffragist protests
Before 1920, women used this method to demand voting rights
protests/ marches
Movement started in 2017 about harassment awareness
#MeToo
Women were expected to focus on this area of life instead of jobs or politics
home/domestic life
She is known for the phrase “Ain’t I a Woman?”
Sojourner Truth
This wave of feminism in the 1960s–70s pushed for workplace equality
second-wave feminism
This group sometimes used more aggressive tactics for suffrage
suffragettes (militant activists)
Ongoing issue involving unequal treatment in jobs or leadership
gender discrimination