Women's+Revolution+Project

=Women's Revolution= Sarah Bennett, Madison Birchfield, and Mallory Evilsizer Mrs. Willson's Pre-AP World History Class Period 8

A is for Anthony Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15th, 1820 in a Quaker family. At an early age she developed a sense of justice for all humans. As a young adult Susan got involved in temperance, but was not allowed to speak at the conferences because she was a woman. She became friends with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and they together led a women’s rights movement beginning in 1852. Susan then dedicated her life to women’s suffrage and also campaigned for the abolition of slavery. In 1900, she persuaded the University of Rochester to admit women and although she died before it happened, her cause led to the 19th amendment, the right for women to vote. "Susan B. Anthony House: Her Story." The Official Susan B. Anthony House: Home. Susan B. Anthony House. Web. 25 Jan. 2011. [] [] B is for Betsy  Betsy Ross grew up as a Quaker but intermarried to a co-worker who went to a Christ Church that was a different denomination so she was cut off from her entire family. Betsy and her husband started their won upholstery business but business grew very slow during the war. After her husband died in the war, Betsy met with George Washington, George Ross, and Robert Morris and they asked her to make the first American Flag. Then she joined the When Free or Fighting Quakers, who were originally pacifist, but they supported the Quakers who were fighting in the American Revolution. Independence Hall Association. "Betsy Ross: Her Life." Ushistory.org. 1995. Web. 25 Jan. 2011. []> []  C is for Condorcet  Sophie de Grouchy married Marie Jean Antoine Caritat, marquis de Condorcet, a famous mathematician and social philosopher in 1786. She organized a famous salon in France that played an important role in the Girondin movement that stressed women’s rights. Sophie and her husband were very active in the Gerondin circles, but her husband was declared a traitor for helping with women’s rights and was forced to go into hiding. Sophie continued to fight for the women of France to have their own rights. Kuiper, Edith. "Sophie De Grouchy, Marquise De Condorcet List of Political and Feminist Economists." Home Political & Feminist Economists. Political and Feminists Economists, 2006. Web. 24 Jan. 2011.  [] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">D is for Darragh <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Lydia Darragh was a Quaker which meant she could not be involved in the war, but the British were able to use her house for meetings. On one occasion, the British were planning a surprise attack against George Washington and his men at a nearby camp. She personally delivered the information to George causing a loss for the British. Questions arose to why she had gotten involved when her religion did not allow her to. Through prayer, she decided that if she did nothing many innocent people would be killed. <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Zitek, Carl. "Women in The American Revolution - Lydia Darragh." SCORE History/Social Science. Web. 24 Jan. 2011. []> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">E is for Evangelical <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Since the birth of Christ only men were the leaders of the church but within the last century or so women have began to take that role as well as men. As of 2002 there are over 4,000 licensed and ordained women preachers in the Assemblies of God, 1,225 ordained Southern Baptist women, and many others (insert another statistic). Although this is a very controversial matter for women to be a main leader in a church, they have proven that they can be equally as good pastors as the men that have dominated for centuries are. <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Fisanick, Chrisina. Feminism. Detroit: Greenhaven, 2007. Print. <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">F is for Freeman <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Elizabeth Freeman who was also known as Mum Bett (original name) lived during the American Revolution and was an African American slave at that time. One day her mistress tried to hit Elizabeth’s sister with a heated kitchen shovel and Elizabeth tried to stop her but ended up taking the blow herself. She ran out of the house and refused to return. She called on a white lawyer Theodore Sedgewick and asked him to help her sue for her freedom. Elizabeth Freeman became one of the first enslaved African Americans be freed under the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780. She then went to work for the Sedgewicks and became a much sought after nurse and mid-wife. <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Massachusetts Historical Society. "Africans in America/Part 2/Elizabeth Freeman (Mum Bett)." PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. Web. 24 Jan. 2011. [|<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2p39.html]> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">G is for Gandy <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Kim Gandy is the former President of NOW or the National Organization of Woman who fight for women’s equal rights. When people think of fighting for women’s rights they may only think of the women’s suffrage movement in the late 1800’s to early 1900’s but what people don’t realize is even today women are fighting for their equality in the United States. As President some of Kims jobs were to stop violence of women, ensure justice for NOW and stop sex discrimination among men and women. Through their ongoing campaigns, NOW strives to help the Social Security reform and trying to end the war in Iraq. <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">"Kim Gandy, Former President." National Organization for Women (NOW). 2010. Web. 24 Jan. 2011. [|<http://www.now.org/officers/kg.html]> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">H is for Hart <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Nancy Hart helped hit American soldiers in the American war. When questioned about it by British soldiers she openly admitted that she was hiding them. When she was forced to cook a meal for the British, she ended up killing 2 of them, with their own muskets. When information about British plans were needed, she disguised herself as a crazy man and went around the British camps gathering information for the Patriots. Nancy is honored with a Georgia county named after her and a portrait of her is in the state capital. <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Zitek, Carl. "Women in The American Revolution - Nancy Hart." SCORE History/Social Science. Web. 24 Jan. 2011. <[]>. <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I is for Israeli President <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Golda Meir was born in Russia, grew up in America then moved to Israel. She became an active Zionist and socialist and although her husband did not want to join along she persuaded him to let her join in the fight for Jewish Women’s labor rights movement. She held the top position in the World Zionist Agency and the Jewish Agency. Later in her life she became a head of the political department in the agency. In this position, her and her colleagues began to put pressure on the British in Palestine to relax immigrant laws during World War II. After World War II, British recognized Israel as a dependent state and soon after Golda became the first and only female prime minister of Israel and the 2nd women prime minister in the world. Achieving this honor, she proved that women can rise up and take an office. <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Wittman, Kelly. "Golda Mier, Mother of Modern Israel." Essortment Articles: Free Online Articles on Health, Science, Education & More.. 2002. Web. 25 Jan. 2011. <http://www.essortment.com/ all/goldamier_rbff.htm> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">J is for Jersey <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Rebecca Sitwell, from New Jersey made a change in the American Revolution. She was the daughter of a captain for the continental Army. She actually saved a large amount of ammunition from being stolen by the British. When she fired cannons on their ships, the British automatically retreated. Her sister, Sarah, was brave enough to barter one-on-one with the British General to rescue her husband from the British. The Sitwell sisters have been memorialized by the daughters of the American Revolution for their contribution. <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">"The Bravery of Women in the American Revolution." Essortment Articles: Free Online Articles on Health, Science, Education & More.. Web. 31 Jan. 2011. <http://www.essortment.com/ all/womenamericanr_rait.htm> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">K is for Kollontai <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Alexandra Kollontai she was a main figure in the Russian socialist movement all the way through the revolution and civil war. She was active as a speaker and a writer in Germany, Belgium, France, Britain, Scandinavia and the United States. She was Born into a wealthy family of Ukrainian, Russian and Finnish background. Raised in Russia and Finland, she acquired an early fluency in languages which helped her during the revolutionary movement, but later led to a career in the Soviet diplomatic service. She had a major role in forcing the Russian socialist movement to help organize special work among the women. <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">"The Alexandra Kollontai Archive." Marxists Internet Archive. Web. 03 Feb. 2011. []. <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">L is for Locke <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">John Locke was not a feminist, but he believed in individual rights, and he envisioned a civil society that included instead of excluding women. Locke granted women property rights, whether married or unmarried, as well as shared responsibility between husband and wife when raising children. His feminist critics, however, worry about the husband's decision-making power in a marriage. Indeed Locke describes the husband as "the abler and the stronger" when making decisions about the family, but feminist ideas of Locke's relationship between a husband and wife accused him of supporting the natural rights of the wife and mother in a marriage and family life. the equality promised in his civil society is compromised, argue feminists, because women as a consequence of being unequal to the men in their lives are prevented from participating in politics. <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">"In Defense of Women: Equality In Locke's Political Theory." All Academic Inc. (Abstract Management, Conference Management and research Search Engine). Web. 31 Jan. 2011. <http://www.allacademic.com/ metal/p_mla_apa_research_ citation/0/8/2/9/3/p82934_ index.html <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">M is for Mary <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Mary Lindley Murray was a true patriot. After the Battle of Brooklyn, George Washington's troops began to retreat. On September 15, 1776, British troops were going to trap the retreating American troops. The British were about one mile from Murray's long island home. She knew if she did not do something to stop the British troops then the American troops would be trapped. Even though her husband was loyal to the British, she used her great hospitality to stall the British and invite them to tea so the American troops could pass by! <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">"Women in The American Revolution- Mary Murry." SCORE History/ Social Science. Web. 31 Jan. 2011. <http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/ score_lessons/women_american_ revolution/murray.html> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">N is for Nancy <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">In May 1775, Nancy Ward warned white settles that the Cherokee Indians were planning an attack. Later she also saved a captured white woman who was about to be executed. Again in 1780 she warned the Americans of the Cherokees secret attacks. In July 1781, Ward helped negotiate a peace treaty between the Cherokees and the Americans. <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">"Nancy Ward: Biography from Answers.com" Answers.com: Wiki Q&A Combined with Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Encyclopedias. Web. 02 Feb. 2011. <http://www.answers.com/topic/ nancy-ward> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">O is for Otis <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Mercy Otis Warren wrote the first history of the Revolutionary War. Mercy wanted to do something to reach the common people with revolutionary ideas. The first Committee of Correspondence was created in the Warren home. John Adams was impressed with Mercy's writings. She wrote plays, six total, making fun of the British. One was titled "The Blockheads." Though she couldn't put her name on the plays, due to making fun of the British had a high price- punishment and possibly time in jail. With her husband off fighting, Mercy wrote the History of the American Revolution using all her notes from meetings and conversations. Her work was published in 1805, History of the Rise, progress, and Termination of the American Revolution. <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">"Women in The American Revolution- Mercy Otis Warren." SCORE History/Social Science. Web. 31 Jan. 2011. http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/ score_lessons/women_american_ revolution/warren.html <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">P is for Patience <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Patience Wright made wax sculptures for the American colonies though they couldn't take the heat due to fire, so she took a boat across to England. When war broke out in the colonies, Patience decided to just stay in England. She sent good information about the British through her wax figures secretly to the colonies, but when all the American prisoners were taken to England, Patience and many others helped people escape. Patience unfortunately had fallen ill but not wanting to be buried in England, she unfortunately died in London in 1786. <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">"Women in The American Revolution- Patience Wright." SCORE History/ Social Science. Web. 31 Jan. 2011. <http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/ score_lessons/women_american_ revolution/wright.html > <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Q is for Quakers <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Quaker Women usually exercised more responsibility in the family and in other economic matters than other colonial Americans. Quaker marriage was a good and affectionate relationship between equals, and the children were to be raised by love. Boys and girls were taught to be gentle, moral, and loving. Some of the Young Quaker women taught in schools, and after the American Revolution they created charitable organizations that helped with the poor. The plain-style of life led by the young Susan B. Anthony shows the suspicion of the Quakers music, art, and attractions of the world. Even her refusal to marry was not usual among nineteenth-century Quaker women. Susan B. Anthony's single-minded devotion to a cause, her continuous travels and speaking for woman's suffrage is a version of the lifestyle of Quaker women ministers. Also, Elizabeth Cady Stanton's friend and role model was the Quaker minister, anti-slavery advocate, and feminist Lucretia Mott, she raised six kids and described what a true marriage should be as where "the independence of the husband and wife is equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal." <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">"Quakers." Web-Collage. Web. 31 Jan. 2011. <http:web-collage.com/quakers.htm> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">R is for Rosa <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Rosa Parks made a huge transformation on December 1, 1955. She was an African American seamstress from Alabama. When she was a little girl she would live in fear of her house being burnt down or something terrible happening to her and her family. This is what provoked her to take a stand that day on the bus. She refused to give up her seat to a white passenger, because in those time if you were African American you got up and let the white people sit down. Parks didn’t find this fair though, so breaking away from her fear, she refused to give the person her seat. She was of course arrested, but by her standing up for her freedom; she encouraged others to take a stand, and eventually led to the end of legal separation. <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">"Rosa Parks Biography." Academy of Achievement. American Academy of Achievement, 14 Oct. 2010. Web. 24 Jan. 2011. [|<http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0bio-1]> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">S is for Sally <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Sally Ride was born on May 26, 1951 in California. As a young girl she played tennis, and got into college with a tennis scholarship. She considered going pro, but realized she wasn’t good enough for that. She went on to Stanford University, and it was here she found a newspaper article, about the space program. A lot of people applied but only a few made it, only six being woman. Included in these woman was Ride. Upon joining NASA Ride fell in love with flying of any kind. She went through a lot of training, and in 1983 she became the first American woman in space, on the shuttle Challanger(STS-7). She went on a second mission into space the next year, and when trying to go on her third mission the Challanger exploded. Ride was put in charge to investigate the accident. She went on to work for NASA administrator where she did long-range planning She retired in 1987, and continued to encourage young woman to study math and science. "Our future lies with today's kids and tomorrow's space exploration." -Dr. Sally Ride <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">"Sally Kristen Ride." Lucidcafe`: Library. Robin Chew, 2001. Web. 24 Jan. 2011. <[]> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">T is for Tubman <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in Maryland. In 1849 she escaped from slavery. Her master died, and she decided to try the Underground Railroad out of fear of her family being sold, and separated. She traveled be night using the North Star, and people that provided help along the way. She finally reached Philadelphia. She earned money and went back to bring people with her so they too could be free. She led between eleven and thirteen escape missions; giving a lot of people freedom. She and the other free African Americans that had escaped soon had to move up to Canada, because of The Fugitive Slave Act. She joined up with freedom fighters to stand up against slavery. After the war she moved back to New York and talked strongly about activist, humanitarian, and suffragist. She struggled financially her whole life, but till the end, continued to stand up for injustice of equal rights. Tubman passed away on March 10, 1913. <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">"The Life of Harriet Tubman." New York History Net. New York History Net, 20 Feb. 2008. Web. 24 Jan. 2011. [|<http://www.nyhistory.com/harriettubman/life.htm]> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">U is for Queen Elizabeth <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Queen Elizabeth was born September 5, 1533, to King Henry VIII and Anne Boelyn. She grew up in danger. In order for Henry to marry Anne he had to divorce his first wife Katherine. This went against the Holy Roman Empire. Henry had wanted a son, this being why he married Anne, because Katherine didnt gift him with a son. To his dismay, Elizabeth was a girl. Henry married many more times, eventually getting his precious son. When Henry died, his son Edward came into power, but soon died from sickness. Then Henry's oldest daughter, Mary, came into power. A vicious ruler, killing everyone who was against her Catholic faith. She had Elizabeth sent away, because she thought her to be going against the Catholics. On Marys passing, Elizabeth could now step up to the thrown. People insisted that she marry, but she had other plans. She never married, but led England into peace. Mary had left her a broken, and very corrupt nation. Queen Elizabeth changed this around though and brought England into one of its greatest times in history, on her own, with no husband! <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">"Queen Elizabeth I of England." Luminarium:Anthology of English Literature. Anniia Jokinen, 22 Dec. 2008. Web. 31 Feb. 2011. [|<http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/elizabio.htm]> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">V is for Vaught <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Brigadier General Wilma Vaught changed military history for woman. She was born March 15, 1930 in Michigan. After completing high school, she went to different colleges, earning different degrees. She enlisted in the Air Force in 1957. She completed a lot of firsts for woman in the military, such as first lady Air Force officer to attend the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, and first woman to be Brigadier General. She received many of different honors. One of her greatest contributions is her establishing the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation Inc. She raised money for a memorial for the woman who served in the military located in Arlington National Cemetery. She laid a foundation for woman in military, for equal rights as men. But Vaught thinks much improvement still needs to be made in this area! <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">"Brigadier General Wilma Vaught." Woman of the Hall. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996. Web. 3 Feb. 2011. <[]> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">W is for Woman's Suffrage Movement <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Since before the Civil War, woman had been fighting to earn the right to vote! It all began with the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848. The antislavery leaders started questioning equal rights for woman too. The government started out with giving all men the right to vote, rich or poor. All the white men at least. But after the Civil War African American men were granted the right to vote as well. Woman still thought they deserved the right to vote just as any man, and they were not giving up without a fight! In 1890 two groups formed the National American Suffrage Association(NAWSA), they fought diligently for woman's rights. Finally on Election Day in 1920, woman were given the right to vote. People still argued that this was unconstitutional, but the woman reformers had finally won their long battle. On August 26, 1920 the 19th Amendment was ratified, declaring all American woman had equal rights and citizenship, as men. After reaching their goal, the NAWSA group formed into the National League of Woman Voters, to educate woman about how to vote responsibly. The League of Woman Voters still operates till this day! <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">"The Woman's Suffrage Movement in the United States." Essortment. Page wise, 2002. Web. 31 Jan. 2011.< []> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">[] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">X is for Rosa Luxembourg <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Luxembourg was born March 5, 1871 to a Jewish family, in Poland under Russian control. When Luxembourg was young she had a growth defect, making her physically handicapped all her life. She did not let this hold her back though. While in school she made excellent grades. By Poland being controlled Russia, life was hard for a Jew. Luxembourg began to be a apart of an underground political activism at a young age. She escaped to Switzerland, and founded the Polish Communist Party. She then went to Germany, and married a man there, to gain German citizenship. She became a very active leader in the international socialist movement, joining the group known as Social Democratic party(SPD). She introduced new ideas to this party, such as revolutionary goals. During World War I Luxembourg was put into prison for being active in revolutionary work. She was released from prison for short periods of times and helped found German Communist Party(KPD). She worked along side Liechtenstein to start a revolution against dictatorship. In January 1919 Berlin workers held a large riot, which angered the government. The troops that were sent in had no mercy, destroying everyone that stood in their path within days. On January 15, 1919 Luxembourg was caught and killed by these soldiers. She started a spark in people for revolution, even though she could not finish it herself. <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">"Rosa Luxembourg Biography." Your Dictionary. Ed. LoveToKnow. LoveToKnow, 2011. Web. 2 Feb. 2011. [|<http://biography.yourdictionary.com/rosa-luxemburg]> [] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Y is for Winfrey <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Oprah Winfrey was born on January 29,1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. She was born to an unwed teenage mother, and lived with her grandmother till her mom found work. She had a good environment here, and went to church. She then moved with her mother, and was molested by the men that surrounded her. As a result of her abuse as a child, she now works against child abuse. She has become the first black woman to host her on show; the Oprah Winfrey Show. Now a billionaire she helps abused kids, and stands up for woman's rights around the world! "Oprah Winfrey Biography." Academy of Achievement//. American Academy of Achievement, 21 Oct. 2010. Web. 31 Jan. 2011. <http://www.achievement.org/ autodoc/page/win0bio-1>. [] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Z is for Zenith <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Zenith means culmination also meaning to bring all together. Through out history, there have been disputes over women and men equality and the women and the events that we have explained in this project have all stood up to create equal rights not only for women but also for many other races. Women finally decided to stand up for their rights and took action when no one else could. They can be called radicals or future changers, but whatever you refer them as they all had one common purpose, to stand up for what they believed in sometimes in the midst of tragedy and most times war. Each women or movement in the above paragraphs are known for what they did to help either the woman's equal rights movement or in their own countries revolutionary war. Because of these women, other future generations are now allowed to vote in the united states, have many more variety of jobs besides just being a housewife and the discrimination between men having all the power has somewhat diminished. Freedom has now been brought to young girls and women all across the world. <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[] <span style="font-family: georgia,serif; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">