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Key Terms and People Lesson Summary DO NOT EDIT--Changes must be made through “File info” CorrectionKey=NL-A Name ________________________________ Class ____________________ Date _____________ Reform Movements in the United States Lesson 5 MAIN IDEAS 1. Influenced by the abolition movement, many women struggled to gain equal rights for themselves. 2. Calls for women’s rights met opposition from men and women. 3. The Seneca Falls Convention launched the first organized women’s rights movement in the United States. Key Terms and People Elizabeth Cady Stanton supporter of women’s rights who helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention; co-founder of Woman Suffrage Association Seneca Falls Convention the first organized public meeting about women’s rights held in the United States Declaration of Sentiments document officially requesting equal rights for women Lucy Stone spokesperson for the Anti-Slavery Society and the women’s rights movement; co-founder of Woman Suffrage Association Susan B. Anthony women’s rights supporter who argued for equal pay for equal work, the right of women to enter male professions, and property rights Matilda Joslyn Gage co-founder of National Woman Suffrage Association; writer and advocate for women’s rights Lesson Summary WOMEN’S STRUGGLE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS Why did critics of the In the mid-1800s, some female abolitionists also Grimké sisters think began to focus on the women’s rights in America, women should not speak in public? despite their many critics. For example, the __________________________ Grimké sisters were criticized for speaking in public. Their critics felt they should stay at home. __________________________ Sarah Grimké responded by writing a pamphlet in support of women’s rights. She also argued for equal educational opportunities and laws that treated women in an equal manner. Abolitionist Sojourner Truth also became a women’s rights supporter. The ex-slave never learned to read or write, but she became a great and influential speaker. © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 205 Guided Reading Workbook Name ________________________________ Class ____________________ Date _____________ Lesson 5, continued OPPOSING THE CALL FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS What arguments did critics The women’s movement had many critics—both use against women’s men and women. Some felt a woman should stay rights? home. Others felt women were not as physically __________________________ or mentally strong as men. Therefore, they __________________________ needed the protection of first their fathers, then __________________________ their husbands. This was why upon marriage husbands took control of their wives’ property. SENECA FALLS CONVENTION Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott Why was the Seneca Falls organized the Seneca Falls Convention. It opened Convention important? July 19, 1848, in Seneca Falls, New York. The __________________________ convention was the first public meeting about __________________________ women’s rights in the United States. It resulted in __________________________ the Declaration of Sentiments. This document officially requested equality for women. It brought 18 charges against men, much as the Declaration of Independence had brought 18 charges against King George III. After the convention, more women rose to lead Why do you think most of the fight for rights. Lucy Stone was a gifted the leaders in the women’s speaker for the Anti-Slavery Society. She used her rights movement were women? speaking skills to persuade others to support the __________________________ rights of women. Susan B. Anthony argued that women should be paid the same as men for the __________________________ same job, and that women could do the jobs __________________________ reserved for men. Matilda Joslyn Gage published National Citizen and Ballot Box, a newspaper promoting women’s right to vote. CHALLENGE ACTIVITY Critical Thinking: Evaluate Identify the women you think had the greatest impact on women’s rights. Write a sentence or two explaining your choice. © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 206 Guided Reading Workbook Name ________________________________ Class ____________________ Date _____________ Lesson 5, continued DIRECTIONS Read each sentence and fill in the blank with the word in the word pair that best completes the sentence. 1. _______________________ wrote about women’s rights issues and published National Citizen and Ballot Box. (Matilda Joslyn Gage/Elizabeth Cady Stanton) 2. A well-known spokesperson for the Anti-Slavery Society who took up the cause of women’s rights was ____________________. (Lucy Stone/Susan B. Anthony) 3. A powerful speaker for both abolition and women’s rights was _______________________, who had been born into slavery. (Sojourner Truth/Lucy Stone) 4. The _______________________ was the first public meeting to discuss women’s rights. (Seneca Falls Convention/Declaration of Sentiments) 5. Convention organizers wrote a document called the _______________________ that detailed their beliefs about social injustice toward women. (Seneca Falls Convention/Declaration of Sentiments) 6. _______________________ argued that women should have jobs equal to men and be paid the same wage. (Elizabeth Cady Stanton/Susan B. Anthony) 7. _______________________ wrote a pamphlet in support of women’s rights. (Sojourner Truth/Sarah Grimké) © Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company 207 Guided Reading Workbook.
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