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Which suffragist is associated with the quote 'The right is ours, have it we must, use it, we will.'?
Which suffragist is associated with the quote 'The right is ours, have it we must, use it, we will.'?
Who expressed the sentiment 'Leave women, then, to find their sphere'?
Who expressed the sentiment 'Leave women, then, to find their sphere'?
Which suffragist stated 'Make your protest against tyranny, meanness, and injustice'?
Which suffragist stated 'Make your protest against tyranny, meanness, and injustice'?
Which suffragist is linked to the phrase 'Men, their rights, & nothing more; women their rights, and nothing less.'?
Which suffragist is linked to the phrase 'Men, their rights, & nothing more; women their rights, and nothing less.'?
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Who is known for the quote 'The guns are ballots and the bullets are ideas.'?
Who is known for the quote 'The guns are ballots and the bullets are ideas.'?
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Which suffragist famously said 'How shall we answer their challenge gentlemen?'?
Which suffragist famously said 'How shall we answer their challenge gentlemen?'?
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Study Notes
Suffragist Leaders and Their Quotes
- Lucretia Coffin Mott (1793-1880): "I am no advocate of passivity." - Age 87.
- Sojourner Truth (circa 1797-1883): "You may hiss as much as you please, but women will get their rights anyway." - Age 86
- Abby Kelly Foster (1811-1887): "Bloody feet, sisters, have worn smooth the path by which you come up hither." - Age 76
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902): "The right is ours, have it we must, use it, we will." - Age 87
- Lucy Stone (1818-1893): "Leave women, then, to find their sphere." - Age 75
- Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910): "Make your protest against tyranny, meanness, and injustice." - Age 91
- Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906): "Men, their rights, & nothing more; women their rights, and nothing less." - Age 86
- Isabella Beecher Hooker (1822-1907): "Can anything be plainer than that a woman, being a person, is a citizen?" - Age 84
- Mary Ann Shadd Cary (1823-1893): "Who shall overrule the voice of a woman?" - Age 70
- Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826-1898): "The soul must assert its own supremacy or die." - Age 72
- Frances Willard (1839-1898): "The guns are ballots and the bullets are ideas." - Age 59
- Anna Howard Shaw (1847-1919): "In the people's voice there is a soprano as well as a bass." - Age 72
- Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947): "We women demand an equal voice, we shall accept nothing less." - Age 88
- Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931): "The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them." - Age 69
- Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954): "Lifting as we climb, onward & upward we go." - Age 91
- Lucy Burns (1879-1966): "Mr. President, what will you do for woman suffrage?" - Age 87
- Jeanette Rankin (1880-1973): "How shall we answer their challenge, gentlemen?" - Age 93
- Adelina Otero-Warren (1881-1965): "We will win." - Age 84
- Alice Paul (1885-1977): "Votes for women." - Age 92
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Test your knowledge on the impactful suffragist leaders and their powerful quotes advocating for women's rights. This quiz features notable figures such as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Sojourner Truth, highlighting their contributions to the suffrage movement.
