Quiz #1 Study Questions: Sklar's Women's Rights and Enstad's Ladies, Introduction

Question #1:

Summarize Sklar's overall argument regarding the Women's Rights' Movement, why does she say it occurs?

Question #2:

Regarding the documents, which do you think support Sklar's argument most, and why? (discuss at least three documents) Do you agree?

Question #3: Below find aspects of the Enstad book we discussed last week. Chapters 3, 4, and the Conclusion will be included on the Midterm next week--more on this tomorrow. nay

Summarize Nan Enstad's argument, found in her introduction "Mud in Our French Heels."

Quiz #2 Study Questions: Enstad on Ladies of Labor, Girls of Adventure

Below find aspects of the Enstad book we discussed last week. Chapters 3, 4, and the Conclusion will be included on the Midterm next week--more on this tomorrow. nay

Question #1:

How did working class women make fashion a part of their own culture? (chapters 1 & 2)

Question #2:

How did working class women make dime novels a part of their own culture? (chpaters 1 & 2)

Question #3:

How did movies impact the working woman’s life and how did the movie industry market to them? (chapter 5)

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Quiz #3 Study Questions: Mother Work and Coming of Age in Mississippi

Question #1:

1. What kinds of THREE kinds of Maternalism does Ladd-Taylor define in Mother Work?

2. To what extent do these three kinds of reformers work together?

Question #2:

3. What was the Sheppard-Towner Act, and what is the role of women reformers in passing this legislation?

4. How is Anne Moody affected by her childhood and early adolescence?

Question #3:

4. How and why does Moody, and many of her classmates, become involved in Civil Rights--how does she contribute to this movement?

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Quiz #4 Study Questions: Dear Sisters & Suburban Warriors

Question #1: Dear Sisters

1. Part I of Dear Sisters addresses the origins of the Women's Movement, from early events to the "New Left" and "Feminist Theory." Of these categories, illustrated by a wide range of documents, which do you think was most significant to the formation of the Women's Movement and why? (be sure to discuss documents in laying out your argument)

2. From reproductive rights, sexuality, and the "objectification, harassment, and violence," issues regarding women's bodies were at the forefront of the Women's Movement. Which of these areas do you find most significant to the Women's Movement and why? (be sure to discuss documents in laying out your argument)

Question #2:

3. Part III of Dear Sisters includes documents on family issues. What kinds of family issues are women most concerned about (use examples)?

4. Part III of Dear Sisters includes documents on issues of education. What are women's concerns regarding education (use examples)?

5. Part III of Dear Sisters includes documents on work issues. What kinds of work issues are women most concerned about (use examples)?

6. Part III of Dear Sisters includes documents on women and culture. What are the cultural concerns of women in the era of the Women's Movement? (use examples)

Question #3: Suburban Warriors

7. What is the role of women in the construction of the "New Right", and what issues motivate them? (I took out 1979--just, what is the role of women in the development of the New Right, as seen in Orange County)