"To throw obstacles
in the way of a complete education is like putting out the eyes."
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
pioneer women's rights advocate
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1. Which mother led a 125-mile
march of child workers all the way from the mills of Pennsylvania
to President Theodore Roosevelt's vacation home on Long Island?
2. One of the most important Union
spies and scouts during the Civil War was a Black woman who had
escaped from slavery. Can you name her?
3. Before the 1960s, farm workers
in the U.S. were not paid even the minimum wage, and had no influential
representatives to fight for their rights. What part did Dolores
Huerta play in changing this situation?
4. The line of beauty products she
created for African-American people made her the first Black woman
millionaire in the United States. Who was she, and when did she
do this?
5. She came to the U.S. when she was
a teenager to study science and stayed to become "the world's
foremost female experimental physicist." Her most famous experiment
disproved what had been thought to be a fundamental scientific law.
Who is this outstanding Asian-American scientist?
6. She took her job as "First
Lady" seriously, traveling the country and the world to gather
information about the problems and concerns of workers, children,
minorities, and the poor. She wrote a daily newspaper column and
made frequent radio broadcasts. Who was this active wife of a president?
7. When the Mexican Revolution of 1910
reached the Texas border, she and her friends organized La Cruz
Blanca, The White Cross, to take care of the wounded. They nursed
people from both sides of the fighting. She was also known as a
journalist and community activist. Who was she and where did she
live?
8. Who was the last reigning monarch
of the Hawaiian Islands, deposed when American business and military
interests wanted to annex Hawaii to the U.S.?
9. She opened "Hull House"
in a run-down Chicago neighborhood, a community center to improve
conditions for poor immigrants. The program of English-language
classes, childcare, health education and recreational opportunities
soon inspired hundreds of other settlement houses throughout the
country. Her name?
10. Daughter and granddaughter of Paiute
Indian chiefs from Nevada, she lobbied Congress, wrote extensively,
and traveled across country during the late 1800s lecturing on the
hardships brought upon Native Americans by the U.S. Government.
Her name?
11. Her 1939 Easter Sunday concert
on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial drew a crowd of 75,000. Who
was she, and why was she singing there?
12. Who printed the first copy of the
Declaration of Independence that included the signers' names?
13. Clara Barton (1821-1912) is best
known for founding the American Red Cross, but she also played a
vital role during the Civil War. What did she do?
14. She is regarded as the greatest
ballerina born in America. Her father was the Chief of the Osage
Indians. Can you name her?
15. Why is Rachel Carson (1907-1964)
considered the mother of the environmental movement?
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