Thursday, May 22, 2008

Glossary

Hello Readers!~ The reason why I'm giving you this glossary is because I wanted you to understand the things you read better by this. I hope this will be helpful!

1. Activist–noun:an especially active, vigorous advocate of a cause, esp. a political cause.
2. Quaker–noun:a popular name for a member of the Religious Society of Friends.
3. militant–adjective:vigorously active and aggressive, esp. in support of a cause
4. liberalized–verb:to make or become liberal.
5. Daughter's of temperance-noun: Daughters of Temperance was an early women's organization supporting abstention from the use of alcohol.
6. Suffrage–noun:the right to vote
7. Nineteenth Amendment-noun:an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1920, guaranteeing women the right to vote.
8.Declaration of Sentiments-noun: using the model of the US Declaration of Independence, forthrightly demanded that the rights of women as right-bearing individuals be acknowledged and respected by society
9.Seneca Falls Convention-noun:a women's rights convention held at Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848, organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott.


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