American Women\'s History Final Exam Study Guide

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Susan B. Anthony
Acquaintance with E.C Stanton, one of the founders of American's Suffrage Movement. was an abolitonist before becomiing a suffragist
Francis Perkins
Was the first female to serve on a presiden't cabinet
Betty Friedan
Best known for founding the National Organization of Women (NOW)
Rosa Parks
Known for her courage in refusing to give up her seat to a white man
Lucretia Mott
Was the first female abolitionist delegate to the International Suffrage Meeting in London, England in 1840
Elizabeth Cady Stanton ( E.C Stanton )
She began her work as a suffragist when she wrote her "Declaration of Sentiments", declaring the rights of women, was presented to the 1848 Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention
Victoria Woodhull
Spiritualist, activist, politician and author who was the first woman to run for the presidency of U.S
Ida B. Wells
An African-American journalist/activist, Ida B. Wells-Barnett led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s.
Charollette Perkins Gillman
American author, lecturer, feminist, and social reformer wrote “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1892)
Annie Oakley
legendary sharpshooter and performer in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show. She was one of the best known characters of the Old West.
Emmaa Goldman
Goldman joined Margaret Sanger in crusading for women's access to birth control
Jane Addams
Created the first settlement house in the US, Hull-House, and became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Marry Harris "Mother Jones"
Union activist. founded the Social Democratic Party, and helped establish the Industrial Workers of the World.
Helen Hunt Jackson
"A Century of Dishonor", unfair treatment our American Indians received at the hands of government agents.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Newspaper column "My Day", held press conferences, idealism, fought for political and social change