Question
Answer the following about American women who succeeded in voting in the 18th century, for 10 points each.
[10e] Lydia Taft, who lived in this state’s town of Uxbridge, was the first woman to vote in the US officially. Margaret Fuller was an early feminist from this state’s city of Cambridge.
ANSWER: Massachusetts [or MA]
[10m] This state’s 1776 constitution referred to voters as “he or she,” specifying only a certain property limit. In this state, Mary Hays, who inspired Molly Pitcher, was a water carrier at a battle where Charles Lee ordered a retreat.
ANSWER: New Jersey [or NJ]
[10h] In this county, “two old widdows” were granted the right to vote, according to a 1733 article. Edward Hart wrote a Remonstrance named for a town in this county that denounced a ban on Quaker worship.
ANSWER: Queens County
<NS, American History>
Summary
Great Lakes | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 67% | 17% |
Lower Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Midwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Northeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
Data
Chicago B | Illinois C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Illinois A | Chicago D | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
WashU A | Indiana A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Chicago A | Indiana B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
WashU B | Missoui S&T | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |