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Question #1

The following woman is an example of the New Woman. Please identify the appropriate description: Frances Perkins

A. African-American activist on the Black Cabinet, Youth Program and pushed for the desegregation of restaurants in DC and to raise the wages of African-American federal employees

B. First female member of the Presidential cabinet as the Labor Secretary. She pushed for worker safety, the Wagner Act and helped design the original Social Security Act in the 1930's

C. Social worker who pushed for the legalization of information for birth control and to be able to discuss it or distribute literature

D. Civil Rigths and Women's Rights activists who pushed for leadership roles in the White House, challenged the Daughters of Liberty, pushed for inclusion of African leadership during thr Great Depression and wrote My Day

Question #2

The following woman is an example of the New Woman. Please identify the appropriate description: Mary McLeod Buthune

A. African-American activist on the Black Cabinet, Youth Program and pushed for the desegregation of restaurants in DC and to raise the wages of African-American federal employees

B. Civil Rigths and Women's Rights activists who pushed for leadership roles in the White House, challenged the Daughters of Liberty, pushed for inclusion of African leadership during thr Great Depression and wrote My Day

C. African-American philosopher that emerged from the Harlem Renaissance. She argued women the women of color faced the dilemma of the double conciousness. They mus choose between being activists for their race o their sex. She believed race would always win.

D. Social worker who pushed for the legalization of information for birth control and to be able to discuss it or distribute literature

Question #3

The following woman is an example of the New Woman. Please identify the appropriate description: Eleanor Roosevelt

A. African-American woman who became an entrepreneur in the world of beauty products, owned property, and as a civil rights reformer pushed back on the over sexualization of African-American women in the beauty products industry.

D. Social worker who pushed for the legalization of information for birth control and to be able to discuss it or distribute literature

Question #4

The following woman is an example of the New Woman. Please identify the appropriate description: Margaret Sanger

A. Civil Rigths and Women's Rights activists who pushed for leadership roles in the White House, challenged the Daughters of Liberty, pushed for inclusion of African leadership during thr Great Depression and wrote My Day

B. African-American activist on the Black Cabinet, Youth Program and pushed for the desegregation of restaurants in DC and to raise the wages of African-American federal employees

C. First female member of the Presidential cabinet as the Labor Secretary. She pushed for worker safety, the Wagner Act and helped design the original Social Security Act in the 1930's

D. Social worker who pushed for the legalization of information for birth control and to be able to discuss it or distribute literature

Question #5

The following woman is an example of the New Woman. Please identify the appropriate description: Nella Larson

A. African-American philosopher that emerged from the Harlem Renaissance. She argued women the women of color faced the dilemma of the double conciousness. They mus choose between being activists for their race o their sex. She believed race would always win.

B. African-American activist on the Black Cabinet, Youth Program and pushed for the desegregation of restaurants in DC and to raise the wages of African-American federal employees

C. Civil Rigths and Women's Rights activists who pushed for leadership roles in the White House, challenged the Daughters of Liberty, pushed for inclusion of African leadership during thr Great Depression and wrote My Day

D. Social worker who pushed for the legalization of information for birth control and to be able to discuss it or distribute literature

Question #6

The following woman is an example of the New Woman. Please identify the appropriate description: Madame C.J. Walker

B. African-American woman who became an entrepreneur in the world of beauty products, owned property, and as a civil rights reformer pushed back on the over sexualization of African-American women in the beauty products industry.

C. Social worker who pushed for the legalization of information for birth control and to be able to discuss it or distribute literature

D. African-American philosopher that emerged from the Harlem Renaissance. She argued women the women of color faced the dilemma of the double conciousness. They mus choose between being activists for their race o their sex. She believed race would always win.

Question #7

Please match the author with the arguments from "Modernizing Women" and Black Women Reformers: Edna Kenton

A. Feminism is about a woman being able to realize her true self, find her personality, and make her own major life decisions.

B. Reformer who pushes for neighborhood safety, public health, and development of community.

C. Feminism allows women economic independence and the end of women being the property of men. As the world of work changes women increasingly are working and making a pathway for themselves and this should entail a lack of economic, political, or social dependence on men. Marriage should be a choice not a forced imposition.

D. Independence and economic autonomy means women should have control over their bodies and control reproduction processes for themselves.

Question #8

Please match the author with the arguments from "Modernizing Women" and Black Women Reformers: Inez Milholland

A. Reformer who pushes for neighborhood safety, public health, and development of community.

B. Feminism allows women economic independence and the end of women being the property of men. As the world of work changes women increasingly are working and making a pathway for themselves and this should entail a lack of economic, political, or social dependence on men. Marriage should be a choice not a forced imposition.

C. Violence against black workers, citizens, and reformers should be stopped. Whites should be held accountable for their violence against Black community

D. Independence and economic autonomy means women should have control over their bodies and control reproduction processes for themselves.

Question #9

Please match the author with the arguments from "Modernizing Women" and Black Women Reformers: Crystal Eastman

A. Violence against black workers, citizens, and reformers should be stopped. Whites should be held accountable for their violence against Black community

B. Black women value the vote, will ensure a new morality in US society with the power of the vote, and Black women's vote will lead to much needed reform in racism and corruption

C. Independence and economic autonomy means women should have control over their bodies and control reproduction processes for themselves.

D. Reformer who pushes for neighborhood safety, public health, and development of community.

Question #10

Please match the author with the arguments from "Modernizing Women" and Black Women Reformers: Lugenia Burns Hope

A. Violence against black workers, citizens, and reformers should be stopped. Whites should be held accountable for their violence against Black community

B. Reformer who pushes for neighborhood safety, public health, and development of community.

C. Black women value the vote, will ensure a new morality in US society with the power of the vote, and Black women's vote will lead to much needed reform in racism and corruption

D. Feminism is about a woman being able to realize her true self, find her personality, and make her own major life decisions.

Question #11

Please match the author with the arguments from "Modernizing Women" and Black Women Reformers: Ida B. Wells

A. Feminism allows women economic independence and the end of women being the property of men. As the world of work changes women increasingly are working and making a pathway for themselves and this should entail a lack of economic, political, or social dependence on men. Marriage should be a choice not a forced imposition.

B. Independence and economic autonomy means women should have control over their bodies and control reproduction processes for themselves.

C. Violence against black workers, citizens, and reformers should be stopped. Whites should be held accountable for their violence against Black community

D. Black women value the vote, will ensure a new morality in US society with the power of the vote, and Black women's vote will lead to much needed reform in racism and corruption

Question #12

Please match the author with the arguments from "Modernizing Women" and Black Women Reformers: Nannie Bouroughs

A. Independence and economic autonomy means women should have control over their bodies and control reproduction processes for themselves.

B. Feminism is about a woman being able to realize her true self, find her personality, and make her own major life decisions.

D. Black women value the vote, will ensure a new morality in US society with the power of the vote, and Black women's vote will lead to much needed reform in racism and corruption

Question #13

Please decide if the following statement is True/False: Margaret Sanger believed Birth Control and knowledge about women's bodies (as well as how pregnancy happened) was important for working class women.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #14

Please decide if the following statement is True/False: Despite Emma Tenayuca's activism she never participated in strikes personally.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #15

Please decide if the following statement is True/False: Emma Tenayuca organized protests against the abuses that Mexican immigrants were facing at the hands of the border patrol.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #16

Please decide if the following statement is True/False: Louisa Moreno lived out the end of her life on a beachfront property in Texas as a reward for her work with the American Federation of Labor.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #17

Please decide if the following statement is True/False: Snow White was "an ideal" created for women during the Great Depression to model behavior and gender expectations of the era.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #18

Please decide if the following statement is True/False: Louisa Moreno is anti-immigration and argues the borders should be hardened and closed to those from Latin America.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #19

Please decide if the following statement is True/False: Josephine Roche believed the way to address racial inequality was to reform issues around class.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #20

Please decide if the following statement is True/False: Josephine Roche was worried that Black Americans would be left out of the Social Security Act and pushed to expand the range of professions and roles in US society that would receive benefits.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

Question #21

Please decide if the following statement is True/False: Josephine Roche was a minor player in 1930s politics and the formation of New Deal policies.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #22

Please decide if the following statement is True/False: Josephine Roche was a police officer in the 1910s and ran for governor in the 1930s.

A. FALSE

B. TRUE

Question #23

Please decide if the following statement is True/False: Josephine Roche was one of the first advocates of a national health care system in the 1930s.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

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