Meeting Women Who Spoke Out in the 19th Century

Quiz on Women in the 1800sTRUE or FALSE?

1. During the 1800s, women had the right to vote.

2. During the 1800s, women could hold national positions, like senator or judge.

3. Before 1850, women were able to attend any college they desired.

4. Before 1850, married women were able to own property under most states’ laws.

5. Before 1850, married women were allowed to keep the money that they earned at work to spend on their own under most states’ laws.

6. Women abolitionists and reformers were widely encouraged to express their viewpoints in public meetings during the 1800s.

7. During the 1800s, women had equal opportunity for the same jobs as men.

8. Before 1850, women and men who performed the same job usually got paid the same wage.

9. During the 1800s, many ministers in Christian churches were women.

10.During the 1800s, women and men were treated equally under the law.

Susan B. Anthony(1820-1906)

• Leading organizer for women’s suffrage and equal rights

• Founded an organization to promote women’s suffrage

• Dedicated life to inspiring other women to demand equal rights

Elizabeth Cady Stanton(1815-1902)

• Planned 1st women’s rights convention and authored the “Declaration of Women’s Rights”

• Pushed for full political equality for women, including the right to vote

• Wrote Woman’s Bible, which criticized religion for subordinating women

Sojourner Truth(1796-1883)

• Enslaved half her life before earning her freedom

• Testified in court and before Congress on behalf of African Americans’ rights

• Well-traveled public speaker on such topics as women’s rights and abolition

Lucy Stone(1818-1893)

• Was a lecturer for the New England Anti-Slavery Society

• Established women’s suffrage organization, AWSA

• Urged states to protect women’s rights

• Founded Woman’s Journal which chronicled women’s progress in politics, employment, and law

Elizabeth Blackwell(1821-1910)

• 1st American woman physician

• Overcame scorn and discrimination throughout medical school and career

• Her success as a doctor inspired first women’s medical school