Women of US History Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 5. ___was a successful businesswoman and saloon owner in Santa Fe.
  2. 8. She ended up in Evanston where she became a local celebrity to white people.
  3. 9. Elizabeth Cady-Stanton created the_________.
  4. 11. _____was a gun-slinging cowgirl and had a like for alcohol.
  5. 16. She made the Union more perfect by advocating for women’s rights like for the right to vote, equal pay, and rights to owning a property.
  6. 17. She made it more perfect by fighting bravely for her people and was the only woman to do so in her tribe.
  7. 18. _____was a native Hawaiian that participated in the 19th century Anglo-led mission in the Oregon territory.
  8. 19. ____was reportedly the first black woman to cross the plains during the Gold Rush.
  9. 20. She made the Union more perfect by attending school while people didn’t want women to attend school.
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  1. 1. _____was the first enslaved African American woman to sue for her freedom and win in Massachusetts (1781)
  2. 2. She made thousands of dollars, showing that even a woman back then could make enough money for themselves to live off.
  3. 3. _____made the Union more perfect by giving speeches for women's suffrage and traveling around in order to do so.
  4. 4. She made the Union more perfect by making job opportunities, advocating for equal rights and education for African American women.
  5. 6. _____was a legendary American sharpshooter and star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show
  6. 7. _____was a successful business owner and a wealthy independent woman.
  7. 10. ____is a Lemhi Shoshone woman who acted as an invaluable interpreter, guide, and negotiator for the 1804–1806 Lewis and Clark expedition.
  8. 12. ____was born enslaved and became the first prominent citizens and landowners.
  9. 13. _____was a towering American abolitionist and women’s rights activist born into slavery in New York as Isabella Baumfree.
  10. 14. She stood up for women’s and the rights of black people. She was very smart and married too. She wanted to join the American-Anti Slavery act but was rejected for being a woman.
  11. 15. ____ made the Union more perfect by showing that a woman can be independent by navigating things by herself with no prior knowledge.