Women's Rights Quiz

During the 1960s, organized groups __________ for the rights of all women because Black women still faced racial and __________ discrimination.

• advocated, gender

• protests, inclusion

• gender, advocated

• maternity, suffrage

Activists today are fighting for better work conditions for women, such as higher paid ___________ leave and affordable childcare.

• gender

• maternity

• convention

• inclusion

The first women’s ___________ in Seneca Falls, New York, was a large gathering of women who wanted ___________, job opportunities, and freedom from their husbands.

• vote, gender

• suffrage, convention

• protests, inclusion

• convention, suffrage

Which of the following is NOT a likely cause for the wage gap?

• Fewer women attend college and obtain degrees than men, so they are not qualified for higher paying jobs.

• Affordable childcare is not easily accessible, so it’s difficult for women to continue working after having children.

• Women were not given equal job opportunities until the Civil Rights Act of 1964, so they often had to take low paying jobs.

• In the past, women were expected to get married, have children, and be a housewife, so they had little job opportunities.

Whose book “The Feminine Mystique” encouraged women to challenge the popular idea that women should get married and have children?

• Nannie Helen Burroughs

• Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin

• Betty Friedan

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Which of the following protected all women’s right to vote?

• 19th Amendment

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Declarations of Sentiments