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Anne Hutchinson
Born in England, she moved over to America to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was a rare women leader. Became a person of influence on the colony, she was exiled to Rhode Island because she claimed to have tales to God. She was later kicked out and helped started the colony of Rhode Island. -
Pocahontas
She was a Native American women. The daughter of a chief, she was sent to be married to one of the leaders the Jamestown colony, this was to settle the relationship between the settlers and the Indians. -
Abigail Williams
She was one of the accusers on the Salem Witch Trials. She was one of the reasons that so many people died and puritanism died out. She was the cause of the downfall of Puritanism, and severely hurt the religion. -
Abigail Adams
She was the wife of John Adams. She really used her husband to support women's rights because she believed that they were an important part of the nation. -
Betsy Ross
She made the American Flag. Showed that women could help in society and make something important. -
Daughters of Liberty
Were women who supported the revolution. They did this by participating in the raids and boycotts of women's goods. -
Republican Motherhood
They thought that if the new county were to succeed the women would need to have some education with regard to virtue so that they could teach their children. -
Margaret Fuller
She was a journalist, critic and a women's rights advocate. She was associated the with transcendental movement. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe
She was a big abolitionist. She wrote Uncle Tom's cabin which showed what it was like for the slaves. -
Lowell System
Was a factory system that employed mainly young women. They would work all days in the factories and then share a dorm type building when they had time off. A lot of the money went back to the families. -
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
She was a women right activist, an abolitionist. She worked closely with Susan B. Anthony and formed the NWSA. Which helped women's suffrage. -
National Association of Colored Women
Arranged for the care of orphans, founded homes for the elderly, promoted temperance, and took on public health campaigns. They were women who were trying to prove their worth by doing good in the community. -
Lucy Stone
Was a prominent abolitionist, and suffragist, and a vocal advocate and organizer promoting rights for women. She was also the first women from Massachusetts to earn a college degree. -
Susan B. Anthony
American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. She also advocate for temperance and the women labor unions. -
Cult of Domesticity
Was a time where women were going back to their "true purpose" they were staying home taking are of the kids and doing all the home activities. -
Grimke Sisters
Along with the reform movements, these sisters were involved with abolition and suffrage. All of these women reformers gained a greater role in society as they expressed their opinions. -
Married Women's Property Act
Guaranteed more property rights to married women, proof that feminist reform movement was making significant headway in American society -
Dorothea Dix
She saw how poorly the mentally ill were being treated and tried to stop it. She did this by pointing out how horribly they were being treated and putting an end to it. -
Feminism
1848 was the first time women actually organized together to get ideas about how to get suffrage. Started with Seneca Falls and is still prevalent today. -
Seneca Falls
Was the first women's rights convention. Almost 200 women attended and it really kicked off women's rights. -
Mary Ellen Lease
Mary Elizabeth Lease was an American lecturer, writer, and political activist. She was also best known for her work with the populous party. -
Florence Kelly
She was women's right advocate and fought for suffrage. She was a part of the NAWSA. She also thought the best way to go about to was to get child labor to go away too. -
Ida B. Wells
African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, feminist, Georgist, and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement. She was greatly opposed to lynchings. Was a big influential woman. -
American Women Suffrage Association
Was formed in response to a split in the American Equal Rights Association due to the passage of the 15th Amendment which allowed blacks the right to vote. These people strongly supported women's suffrage. -
Women in the West
During Western Expansion many states needed members in order to get some representatives. One of the way to do was to support certain groups, one of these would have been women. Wyoming was the first state to grant women the right to vote. -
National Women Suffrage Association
Were the same as the AWSA except they didn't believe that the 15th amendment should be passed unless it included women's right to vote. Founders included Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. -
Women Christian Temperance Movement
Tried to get legislation to moderate drinking. They thought that heavy drinking was related to abuse and poverty. They also thought that a man's drinking hurt the women the worst. -
Margaret Sanger
Was a very educated women. She invented birth control and educated people with regards to sex. She was also a nurse -
Francis Willard
Frances Willard was a women's suffragist, temperance reformer and an American educator. Willard became the national president of the World Woman's Christian Temperance Union, in 1879, and remained president for 19 years. Her influence was influential in passage the of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Amendments. -
Sojourner Truth
She was a abolitionist and a women right advocate. She was born into slavery but escaped, she then helped others. -
Elenor Roosevelt
Was married to FDR she worked closely with him and tried to get women more rights through the New Deal. She was not completely unsuccessful. -
Jane Addams
Was the maker of the Hull House. This was perhaps the most notable of many settlement homes. They were a place for women to get day time care such as a place for the kids to play and a place to sit and learn. -
Daughters of the American Revolution
Was a patriotic society of women. They thought that their ancestors fought for freedoms too so they should be granted some rights in t he government. -
National American Women Suffrage Association
Was an Organisation of mostly women to work towards the right to vote. It was created by the merganser of two other associations the American Women Suffrage Association and the National Women Suffrage Association. -
United Daughters of the Confederacy
They were women who were on the confederate side of the war. They felt like they had been justified in their cause to fight and tried to spread this. They gave out textbooks defending the confederacy, they also put out confederate flags. -
Amelia Earhart
Was the first women pilot. She tried to fly all the way around the world but got lost. -
Carrie A. Nation
1st husband died of alcoholism and so she took a hatchet and destroyed saloons. She was an obvious, radical reformer towards the temperance movement. -
Muller v Oregon
In general, this court case defended women in factories and how since they are built a little differently than males, they should be more protected in those conditions. Lucky the courts saw it the same way so they passed laws to help this. -
National Association Opposed to Women Suffrage
Both men and women were a part of this group. Just like there were many who wanted women suffrage there were also many against it. Was disbanded after the passage of the 19th amendment. -
Rosa Parks
She was African American. She refused to give up her seat on the bus when a white male needed a place to sit. This can be defined as the point where civil rights really got kicked off. -
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist, humanitarian, and an armed scout and spy for the United States Army during the American Civil War. -
National Women's party
Headed by Alice Paul, campaigned for the Equal Rights amendment but it got little support from congress and other feminist groups -
19th Amendment
Was passed in 1920 and it gave women the right to vote. Was a big accomplishment for all women right activists. -
Flappers
In the 1920's after World War One, it was a time where many people had money to spend. It also was a time where women started to dance and wear shorter dresses. These women were called Flappers and they were seen as very riskay for their time. -
Sandra Day O'Conner
She was the first women Supreme Court Justice. She was appointed under Reagan. -
Women and the New Deal
Thanks to the help of FDR's wife, the new deal was a time that benefitted women. They were given more economic opportunities, unemployment compensation and the ability to form labor unions. -
Women In Wartime
During these times of war most of the men were enlisted to go fight. This left the economy still needing to be ran, so the women had to step up and do it. Was a chance for people to see what women could actually do. -
Rosie the Riveter
With the men off fighting in WWII the women had to step up and start working some of the factory jobs. Rosie the Riveter was a way to rally the women into the work place. -
Women in the Workforce
At this time the amount of women working in offices was greatly increasing. This was good because they were finally working and making a living. This also delayed when women would start a family because they would be out working. -
Equal Pay Act
This pertained to both African Americans and Women. Made it to where employers can't discriminate against gender or race. -
National Organization of Women
ounded by Betty Friedan, this group called for equal pay, equal job opportunities for women, and political representation. Also NOW championed the legalization of abortion and even passage of an equal rights amendment to the Constitution. -
Educational Changes for Women
This started in the 1970's when the Education Amendment was passed. This made it so institutions couldn't discriminate against someone because of gender. From then their education opportunity has only gone up. Many women becoming teachers after their education -
Sandra Day O'Conner
The first woman to be in the Supreme Court from the dry history of male judges, dating back around 200 years.