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| She warns her husband that women would one day also want the right to vote. |
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| Woman who helped Louis and Clark explore the Lousiana Purchase. |
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| Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B Anthony, & Lucretia Mott |
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| Women who helped to fight for women's suffrage and organized the Seneca Falls Movement where the Women's Declaration of Independence was stated. |
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| Fought for better conditions for the mentally ill and for prison reform. |
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| Sojourner Truth (AKA Isabella Baumfree) |
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| A former slave, abolitionist, and fought for women's rights. |
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| These sisters freed slaves from plantations and became abolitionists. |
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| Considered the "Moses" of her people, served in the Underground Railroad and helped 300 slaves escape. |
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| Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin that provided an "inside look at slavery" and turned the North on to the moral cause to fight in the Civil War. |
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| Established the American Red Cross durign the Civil War. |
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| Wrote The Century of Dishonor pointing out the horrible ways the US government was treating Native Americans in the 1880s. |
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| Often served in traditional roles: cooking, cleaning, etc.; but would step into roles like outlaws, sheriffs, and doctors. Women gained political rights quicker because they wanted to encourage women to move west. |
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| Created the first half-way settlement house for immigrants: The Hull House in Chicago, IL. |
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| The Queen of Hawaii 1891-1893 when she was displaced from the throne by the US government so Hawaii could be annexed. |
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| A muckraker who exposed the trust of Standard Oil Company. |
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| Campaigned against lynching during the Progressive Era. |
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| Advocated for prohibition during the Progressive Era. |
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| First women in the US House of Representatives, a leader in the women's movement, and the only legislature to vote "no" to both World Wars. |
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| A term for women during the 1920s who defied the traditional roles of women. |
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| Famous writer during the Harlem Renaissance. |
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| A popular traveling evangelist who combined Hollywood and God. |
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| First woman to advocate for the use of birth control, revolutionary in bringing it up during the 1920s. |
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| First woman appointed to serve on a President's cabinet: FDR. |
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| President FDR's wife who greatly influenced him, and who played a large role in creating the Human Rights section of the United Nations. |
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| Women during WWII who are able to serve as nurses, etc. |
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| Portrayal and propaganda reflecting the wommen who went to work in factories during WWII. |
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| Movement to free women of traditional stereotypes in the 1970s. |
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| Woman who refused to give up her seat to a white man and started the Civil Rights Movement along with the Montgomery Bus Boycott. |
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| Gloria Steinem & Betty Freidan |
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| Women who organized NOW (National Organization for Women) and wrote The Feminine Mystique, who fought to break women free of traditional stereotypes and receieve equality during the 1970s. |
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| Argued against Gloria Steinen and Betty Friedan, saying the a woman's place should be where she wants it to be even if it is in the home. |
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| Amendment advocating for the equal rights for women added to the Constitution, never passes. |
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| First woman appointed to the Supreme Court (Reagan), soon followed by Ruth Bader Ginsberg (Clinton). |
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