Women's Rights

What impact did the Equal Rights Amendment have despite not being ratified?

• It eliminated the need for further advocacy.

• It helped raise awareness about women's rights.

• It was completely ignored by the public.

• It caused a decline in women's rights awareness.

What ongoing issue do women still face in the workplace today?

• They earn more than men on average.

• They have equal representation in all job sectors.

• They are not allowed to work in certain industries.

• They still earn about 80 cents for every dollar that men make.

Besides their commitment to the issue of women's rights, what was similar about Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton?

• Both were inspired by their Quaker beliefs.

• Both were energetic public speakers.

• Both had faced discrimination while fighting for justice.

• Both had early memories of discrimination.

What was the main reason Susan B. Anthony was arrested for attempting to vote?

• She was not properly registered.

• She was trying to act like a man.

• Women were forbidden to vote.

• She was disrupting the voting place.

How was the 1850 National Woman’s Rights Convention structured to generate widespread support for women’s rights?

• Both male and female political and social leaders, pushing for a variety of reforms, were invited to the convention.

• Only prominent men who could write legislation to promote women’s equality were invited to the convention.

• Only women committed to fighting for women’s rights were invited to the convention.

• Representatives of the news media were invited to ensure publicity and good coverage of the event.

The abolitionist movement led women to speak out for women's rights mainly because

• they were not treated as equals within the movement.

• they wanted freedom for African American women as well as men.

• they developed a taste for political activism in the movement.

• they wanted the right to vote so that they could vote to end slavery.

What was the main reason that few girls were given a good education in the early 1880s?

• It was too expensive.

• People believed they didn't need one.

• People didn't want them to compete with men for jobs.

• They were thought to be incapable of learning.

What was significant about Elizabeth Blackwell?

• She founded the first women's college in the United States.

• She opened the first high school for girls in the United States.

• She was the first woman to become a minister in the United States.

• She was the first woman to get a medical degree in the United States.eliza

How did women's lives change during the mid-1800s?

• They came to be seen as their husbands’ equals.

• They called for greater equality.

• They had greater chances for education and careers.

• They became leading abolitionists.

Those rights that promote the position of legal and social equality of women with men are called ......................

• labour rights

• men rights

• child rights

• women rights