In the mid-1800s, a woman could EQ: How did women fight for their right to vote? Bell-work 3/15/13 In the mid-1800s, a woman could A receive a college education. C vote in a presidential election. B easily become a doctor. D be married and own property in any state.

Objective and Scale: The student will be able to summarize the struggle for women's rights and new opportunities for women as well as summarize Transcendentalism with 80% accuracy Where does today’s objective fit into the unit learning goal scale? Objective H and I How do you reach MASTERY or SCALE EVEREST?

Setting the Scene: Women participated in many reform movements like the abolitionist and temperance movements Women then began to focus on their rights and hoped to win the right to vote as well as other advances In 1820, the rights of women were limited. Could not vote, serve on juries, attend college, or enter careers in law or medicine. They were essentially excluded from political life Women’s reform will be dominated by many strong women activists

1. Susan B. Anthony Leading organizer for women’s suffrage and equal rights Founded the Organization to Promote Women’s Suffrage Dedicated life to inspiring other women to demand equal rights

2. Sojourner Truth Spent half her life as a slave Testified in court and before Congress on behalf of African-American’s rights Well-traveled public speaker on such topics as women’s rights and abolition

3. Lucy Stone Established a women’s suffrage organization Urged states to protect women’s rights Founded Woman’s Journal which chronicled women’s progress in politics, employment and law

4. Elizabeth Blackwell First American woman physician Overcame scorn and discrimination throughout medical school and career Her success as a doctor inspired first women’s medical school

5. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Planned first women’s rights convention and authored “Declaration of Women’s Rights” Pushed for full political equality for women, including right to vote Wrote Woman’s Bible which criticized organized religion for subordinating women

Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 Significance – First women’s rights convention that launched the women’s rights movement in the US Objective – To discuss social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women Leaders – Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Legacy – The Declaration of Sentiments was a document asserting that men and women were equal and listed charges against men who had deprived women of their rights. Analogy – The Declaration of Sentiments was to the members of the SFC what the Declaration of Independence was to the Second Continental Congress

Effects of the Women’s Rights Movement Suffragist movement demanded that women get the right to vote States passed laws that protected women’s property rights by 1860 Private schools for women opened and some colleges accepted women as students Women entered careers once closed to them like science and medicine

Quiz it and Progress Charts Complete the quiz on the back of your foldable with your group! Complete your progress chart for objectives H and I