Women Who Spoke Women Who Spoke OutOut

1. Susan B. Anthony1. Susan B. Anthony

Leading organizer for Leading organizer for women’s suffrage women’s suffrage and equal rightsand equal rights

Founded the Founded the National Woman National Woman Suffrage AssociationSuffrage Association

Petitioned for an Petitioned for an amendment amendment recognizing women’s recognizing women’s rightsrights

““Women have enough influence as Women have enough influence as mothers and wives that they mothers and wives that they don’t need to be involved in don’t need to be involved in politics. Because of their politics. Because of their influence in the family they are influence in the family they are already very powerful- giving already very powerful- giving them the right to vote is them the right to vote is unnecessary.”unnecessary.”

2. Elizabeth Cady Stanton2. Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Criticized legal and Criticized legal and cultural forms of cultural forms of women’s women’s subordinationsubordination

Planned the first Planned the first women’s rights women’s rights convention at Seneca convention at Seneca Falls, NYFalls, NY

Authored the Authored the Declaration of Declaration of SentimentsSentiments

““In his infinite wisdom, God create In his infinite wisdom, God create two different, but very acceptable, two different, but very acceptable, roles for the sexes. Man in his role roles for the sexes. Man in his role and woman in her role work and woman in her role work together in harmony. When either together in harmony. When either man or woman steps out of that man or woman steps out of that role, it hurts the family and role, it hurts the family and disrupts the harmony of society.”disrupts the harmony of society.”

3. Sojourner Truth3. Sojourner Truth

Enslaved half of Enslaved half of her life, she spoke her life, she spoke out for women’s out for women’s rights and abolitionrights and abolition

Argued women Argued women could do the same could do the same jobs as menjobs as men

Fought Fought segregation lawssegregation laws

““Women have delicate bodies and Women have delicate bodies and emotions. They should not be emotions. They should not be placed under unnecessary stress placed under unnecessary stress or physical strain. This could or physical strain. This could overwhelm them and, ultimately, overwhelm them and, ultimately, harm their ability to have harm their ability to have children.”children.”

4. Lucy Stone4. Lucy Stone Spoke on women’s Spoke on women’s

issues and abolitionissues and abolition Established the Established the

American Woman American Woman Suffrage AssociationSuffrage Association

Urged states to Urged states to protect women’s protect women’s rightsrights

Founded the Founded the Woman’s JournalWoman’s Journal

““The man is the wage-earner and The man is the wage-earner and provider for the family. A woman provider for the family. A woman who works is simply bringing in who works is simply bringing in extra money to the family, and extra money to the family, and thus does not need to be paid as thus does not need to be paid as much as a man.”much as a man.”

5. Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell5. Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell The first American The first American

female physicianfemale physician Had to overcome 29 Had to overcome 29

rejections by American rejections by American medical schools, medical schools, sexual harassment, sexual harassment, and discriminationand discrimination

Her success led to Her success led to founding of the first founding of the first women’s medical women’s medical collegescolleges

““A woman’s most important job is A woman’s most important job is caring for her family and tending caring for her family and tending to her home. To place anything to her home. To place anything above her domestic duties- a above her domestic duties- a career, personal ambition, or career, personal ambition, or other interests, is irresponsible.”other interests, is irresponsible.”