- Choose two women from the list of first wave feminists below. You will be researching and writing about each woman.
1st wave: Maria Stewart, Lucrettia Mott, Lucy Stone, Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, Alice Paul, Carrie Chapman Catt, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Margaret Sanger, Inez Milholland.
- Research and write about the two women you chose from the lists above.
Give us basic biographical information; when and where she was born. Try to provide a detailed and complete picture of her life in the era in which she lived. If possible, this should include: family dynamic, marital status, religious background and religious affiliation, race, class etc. Try to paint a vivid picture of the political, economic, social circumstances and historical events that
influenced and shaped her life, including race, religion, sexual orientation, etc (i.e. her social locations).
Describe her contributions. What role did she play in the women's movement? How did her work shape the lives of future women? How did her contributions impact your life directly or indirectly? How does learning about her contributions, her political and feminist ideology etc. impact you?
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