1. Important Women in American History LESSON 21C

2. Women’s Rights Movement 19 th Century Status Legally under their husbands (chattel) Limited property ownership Restricted economic opportunities Little schooling Denied right to vote How many men does it take to mop a floor? It’s a woman’s job! NONE !

3. Letter writer and First Lady Abigail Adams Married John Adams (President) Strongly supported the necessity of colonial independence. promoted the cause of women’s rights Vigorously opposed slavery

4. Suffragettes Suffragettes: Led the movement for the right to vote Susan B. Anthony Devoted her life to the Suffrage movement 1920: 19 th Amendment gave women the right to vote

5. Suffragettes… Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott Stanton and Anthony founded the National Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) 1848: Seneca Falls Convention  “All men and women are created equal”

6. Women’s Liberation movement Gloria Steinem (1960s-1970s) Founded the National Women’s Political Caucus Participated in founding the Coalition of Labor Union Women Betty Friedan Author, The Feminine Mystique Dealt with the discrimination of women Co-founded and first President of NOW (National Organization for Women)

7. Jane Addams Founded the Hull House, a place that provided aid to poor working- class families in Chicago Worked with labor and other reform groups Helped establish Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom A founder of the NAACP and ACLU First American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize

8. Dorothea Dix Dorothea Dix 19 th Century social reformer who revolutionized mental health reform Teacher, writer Inspired state hospitals for the mentally ill

9. Margaret Sanger Margaret Sanger Pioneering birth control advocate Nurse and author Set up first birth control clinic (1916) Organized Planned Parenthood Federation

10. Social Reformers Alice Paul Fought for Women’s suffrage Chairman of the National Women’s Party Lucy Burns Began a fight for constitutional amendment to guarantee women’s suffrage Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage Helped organize political campaigns, and edited The Suffragist

11. Modern Women Sandra Day O’Connor Assistant Attorney General for Arizona First woman to hold the position of majority leader in the Arizona Senate. Became First female U.S. Supreme Court justice  sat from 1981 to 2006 Set stage for appointment of three current female Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1993-present) Sonia Sotomayor (2009-present) Elena Kagan (2010-present)

12. Modern Women Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State under President Barack Obama (2009-2013) Democratic Presidential candidate in 2008 United States Senator – New York State (2001-2009) First Lady to husband President Bill Clinton (1993-2001) University of Arkansas Law professor Head of the Task Force on National Health Care Reform Advocate of childcare Children’s Defense Fund

13. Women’s Progress in the 20 th Century 1920: 19 th Amendment 1964: Civil Rights Act Established job protections under Federal Equal Employment Commission 1966: Betty Friedan Founded NOW (National Organization for Women) 1972: Equal Rights Amendment Proposed by Congress Died in 1982