5 QUESTIONS
TIMER: 60 SECONDS PER QUESTION
True or false: Wyoming was the first state where women had the right to vote.
True! In 1869, Wyoming, became the first state in the US to allow women the right to vote. However, they used this as a ploy to attract women to the West.
True! In 1869, Wyoming, became the first state in the US to allow women the right to vote. However, they used this as a ploy to attract women to the West.
With Wyoming setting the trail, when was voting legal for women across the U.S.?
1920 is correct! 1848 was when the Seneca Falls Convention met and declared, “[I]t is the duty of women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise.” Of the 68 women who attended, only Charlotte Woodward lived to vote legally in 1920.
1920 is correct! 1848 was when the Seneca Falls Convention met and declared, “[I]t is the duty of women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise.” Of the 68 women who attended, only Charlotte Woodward lived to vote legally in 1920.
Who was the first woman to challenge the Supreme Court?
A former slave, Lucy Terry Prince represented herself against false land claims from her white neighbors. The presiding judge stated that her argument was better than any Vermont Lawyers he had ever heard.
A former slave, Lucy Terry Prince represented herself against false land claims from her white neighbors. The presiding judge stated that her argument was better than any Vermont Lawyers he had ever heard.
True or false: Louisiana was the first state to allow women to have property in their name.
False! Mississippi takes this credit. Though this was another way men could control the ability to protect their assets by placing them under their wives’ names.
False! Mississippi takes this credit. Though this was another way men could control the ability to protect their assets by placing them under their wives’ names.
Who is the first female Supreme Court Justice?
Sandra Day O’Connor served as a justice of the Supreme Court in 1981. Jeanette Rankin was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives.
Sandra Day O’Connor served as a justice of the Supreme Court in 1981. Jeanette Rankin was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives.
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