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| What made Litchfield Female Academy different from finishing schools? |
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| Girls were taught grammar, reading, composition, history, philosophy, and logic instead of needlepoint, music, and art. |
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| Why did students at Mount Holyoke do their own cooking and cleaning? |
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| It helped to keep tuition low. |
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| Who became the first woman doctor in the United States? |
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| Who moved to the North and spoke out against slavery? |
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| Sarah and Angelina Grimke came from the South and moved north to speak out against slavery. |
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| Why did Lucy Stone speak out at Oberlin College? |
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| She was not allowed to read her graduation essay aloud because she was a woman. |
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| Name four schools that changed women’s education in America during the early 1800s. |
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| Litchfield Female Academy, Mount Holyoke College, Oberlin College, and Wesleyan College |
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| Which abolitionist and women’s rights activist was deeply religious and traveled the country to preach her faith? |
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| What document did Elizabeth Cady Stanton use as a guide when she wrote the Seneca Falls Declaration? |
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| The Declaration of Independence |
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| Where was the first women’s rights convention in the United States? |
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| What made Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony a good team? |
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| Stanton was warm and merry and Anthony was more serious and reserved. Stanton was a strong speaker and Anthony was a great organizer. Their talents complemented each other. |
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| How did the Seneca Falls Convention play an important role in the women’s rights movement? |
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| It was the first women's rights convention in the US, attracted a lot of attention, paved the way for future women's rights conventions, and brought important people in the women's rights movement together. |
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| Why were women and children hired to work in the new factories in America? |
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| Women and children were willing to work for lower wages than men. |
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| Where was the site of the first mill factory system in the United States? |
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| What was unusual about Rebecca Harding Davis’s “Life in the Iron Mills”? |
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| It brought attention to working people and their problems, particularly the horrors of millwork. |
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| Describe the typical working conditions for an ironworker. |
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| Worked 14 hours a day, 6 days a week. Started at age 9 or 10. Breathed dirty, smoky air,which destroyed their lungs. Liquid metal spilled, hardened, and flew off like bullets. The work was hard, horrible, and backbreaking. |
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| Describe the typical working conditions for a textile mill girl. |
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| Worked 12 hours a day, 6 days a week. Entered the mill at a young age. Followed a strict schedule for work, meals, and bedtime. Accidents were common. |
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| Describe the typical working conditions for a paper factory worker. |
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| Did the same job over and over, which was boring. Sometimes the workers could switch jobs to make it less boring. The only noise in the room came from the machines. The workers could not talk to each other. |
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| patriot, early feminist, talented letter writer, and wife of second president John Adams |
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| first woman doctor in America and Europe |
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| Sarah and Angelina Grimke |
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| sisters who came from a wealthy, slaveholding southern family; both moved north to speak about the horrors of slavery |
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| founder of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary |
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| founder of Litchfield Female Academy |
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| abolitionist and women’s rights activist |
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| Pioneer of the women’s rights and suffrage movements, she formed a long-lasting partnership with fellow activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
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| reformer whose name is associated with comfortable women’s trousers worn under short dresses |
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| reformer who spoke out against the horrible conditions in prisons, poorhouses, and mental asylums |
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| women’s rights activist and suffragist |
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| women’s rights activist and writer most known for her poem “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” which became the national anthem of the United States |
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| abolitionist and pioneer of the women’s movement, she was one of the leaders of the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York |
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| pioneer of the women’s rights and suffrage movements, she wrote a Declaration of Sentiments and led the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York |
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| black abolitionist and women’s rights activist, she was deeply religious and felt compelled to set out and preach her faith to others |
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| Brought attention to the horrors of millwork when she wrote "Life in the Iron Mills." |
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| American writer most famous for the book Moby Dick; he also wrote about conditions inside a paper factory upon witnessing them firsthand. |
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