2. Famous American Women Bella Abzug said, "From kitchen tables to the peace tables, women propose to turn the tables on the status quo.“ Sandra F. McLendon November 2001

3. Famous American Women Reformers Jane Addams Susan B. Anthony Bertha Palmer Elizabeth Stanton Harriet Tubman

4. To learn about these reformers we will read their biographies and visit the Library of Congress website and other Internet sites. Library of Congress

5. Biographies We will learn about these women by studying biographies of their lives: True story Account of a person’s life Story written by another person Story about a real individual Real facts, events, and information

6. Word Map—Reformer

7. Jane Addams—Social Reformer Jane Addams was a social reformer. She started Hull House to help people who lived in slum conditions. Jane Addams

8. Susan Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton Susan Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton were friends and worked together to promote women’s rights as suffragists. Susan Anthony Elizabeth Stanton

9. Concept Map--Suffragist

10. Bertha Honore Palmer Bertha Honore Palmer was a very rich leader in Chicago society. She worked with her husband to influence women’s rights.Bertha Honore Palmer

11. Harriet Tubman—Abolitionist Harriet Tubman, known as “Moses,” was a runaway slave who was an abolitionist. She conducted slaves to freedom on the underground railroad. Harriet Tubman

12. Word Map--Abolitionist

13. Famous American Reformers Many women worked to change and to promote change in US history during this time period. We will only study a few. Gilded Age Time Line

14. Credits: “Bertha Honore Palmer.” c. 1890s. Chicago History. [http://www. chicagohs.org/AOTM/Mar98/mar98artifact.html]. (November 15, 2001) Gilded Age Picture. [http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/1878-1889] (November 15, 2001). "Portrait of Harriet Tubman." Courtesy of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University. [http://www.americaslibrary.gov/ cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/tubman] (November 15, 2001). Reddy, Helen. “I am woman.” Capitol Labels, 1972. [http://www.geocities. com/ angelwolfheart5/ AngelsPlaceClassicRock.html] (November 15, 2001).

15. " Susan Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton." 1870s. American Treasures of the Library of Congress: REASON. [http://www.americaslibrary.gov/ pages/ aa_stanton_ friends_1.html] (November 15, 2001). Water, Ed. D., "Jane Addams, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left." 1907. [http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/addams] (November 15, 2001).