Mr. Thomas Worthington-----Social Studies Department-----Women's Rights, Part 2

             

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Women's Rights Movement, Part 2

            Directions:  1. Use your textbook to find the year in which each event occurred.

            Record it in the space provided.

                                2. Place the events in chronological order on your timeline.

                                3. Explain the significance of each event.

            __________  Rachel Carson published Silent Spring

            __________  The Seneca Falls Convention was held

            __________  First Women Governors elected; Nellie Taylor Ross in Wyoming

                                  and Miriam “Ma” Ferguson in Texas

            __________  Mount Holyoke was created

            __________  Betty Friedan helped set up the National Organization for Women

            __________  The 19^th amendment was ratified

            __________  Wyoming gave women the right to vote

            __________  Jane Addams opened the Hull House

            __________  The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was proposed by Congress

            __________  Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was formed