Suffragist To Know

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  1. 2. An American orator, abolitionist, and suffragist who became the first woman in Massachussetes to earn a college degree.
  2. 5. In 1866 she became the first president of the Americans Equal Rights Association.
  3. 6. A formerly enslaved abolitionist, suffragist, publisher, and author who became the first African American to be nominated for Vice President in the United States.
  4. 8. A suffragist, peace activist, and co-founder of the League of Women Voters.
  5. 10. A physician, women's suffrage advocate, Civil War veteran, and the only woman to receive a US Medal of Honor.
  6. 12. President of the National American Women’s Suffrage Association.
  7. 14. A writer, political activist, teacher, and musician who fought for Native American suffrage.
  8. 16. A suffragist who became the first woman elected to US Congress.
  9. 17. The leading activist of the 19th century movement that demanded women’s rights.
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  1. 1. Sisters who were the first nationally known white American female advocates of women’s rights and abolitionism.
  2. 3. Delivered one of the most famous abolitionists / women’s rights speeches, “Ain’t I a Woman?”
  3. 4. She helped organize the National Woman's Rights Convention in 1850 and was a key organizer of the New England Women's Suffrage Association in 1868.
  4. 7. The first Chinese person in the United States to vote in a Democratic election.
  5. 9. He was called “The Abolitionist’s Golden Trumpet.”
  6. 10. Founder of the Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago.
  7. 11. Wrote the words to “Battle Hymn of the Republic” and “Mother’s Day Proclamation.”
  8. 13. She supported a woman’s rights to divorce and reproductive autonomy while serving as president of the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) from 1875 - 1876.
  9. 15. They co-founded the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1869.