History 111 - The Women in America » Fall 2022 » RQ 2

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Question #1
What was the first U.S. charity organized by women for women (include year)? What would have struck them as separating them more than what unified them by virtue of their common gender?
A.   Women didn't organize charities. That was a task relegated to men. Women would have seen themselves as having the exact same aims and goals, so nothing would have separated them. #girlpower
B.   The Society for the Betterment of Women and Children was founded in 1797. The women's marital status would have struck them as separating them.
C.   The Society for the Relief of Poor Widows was founded in 1799. Their class differences, meaning economic status differences, would have struck them as separating them.
D.   The Lizzo Society was founded in 1804. Their differences in musical taste would have struck them as separating them. Blame it on the juice.
Question #2
What measures did Lowell mill owners take to persuade parents to allow their daughters to leave home for the world of work?
A.   Created a boarding house with a strict curfew
B.   Banned women from wearing make-up and heels to work
C.   A three-part play called "Factory Girls" that show "mill girls" as smart and creative working women
D.   Built low-cost apartments in the next town over
Question #3
Who was Sally Hemings and what does her story tell us about some enslaved women’s experiences?
A.   She was an escaped enslaved woman who founded a business in the North. This tells us that some enslaved women were able to express historical agency and create new realities for themselves.
B.   She was an enslaved woman owned by Thomas Jefferson and they had at least 6 children together. This tells us that some enslaved women found themselves in unconsentual sexual relationships with their masters.
C.   She was the biographer of Benjamin Franklin, which tells us that some enslaved women learned to read and write.
D.   She was the first enslaved woman who became a poet, which tells us that ideas about freedom and liberty were commonplace in the Revolutionary era.
Question #4
How does Harriet Jacobs’s response to sexual assault indicate her resistance to the dehumanization of slavery?
A.   Harriet Jacobs did not push back against the dehumanization of slavery. In fact, she wrote an autobiography where she wrote about being angry about the way her master treated her.
B.   Harriet Jacobs attempted to murder her master after he assaulted her, which demonstrates that she was unwilling to be a victim.
C.   Harriet Jacobs resisted her master's sexual advances and she took on a white lover, which demonstrates her historical agency as she made some of her own choices.
D.   Harriet Jacobs had no historical agency and never resisted, which is clear in the textbook as it describes that she followed her master's every command.
Question #5
The Cherokee women’s words indicate a continuing identification through their gender with the land. How is this reflected in their petition? Explain TWO separate examples.
A.   The Cherokee women claimed that the US government should listen to the male tribal leaders since men were natural born leaders.
B.   The Cherokee women claimed that their ancestors were buried on the land, and that the land is where they as mothers raised their own children.
C.   The Cherokee women stated that they didn't care who had the land as long as there was peace.
D.   The Cherokee women stated that they loved to farm and that they were good at growing corn.

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