Women's movement in the United States developed strong over the years. Some of its basic facts include-

A. The Seneca Falls convention, held in 1848, marked the birth of the US women's rights movement.
B. The Nineteenth Amendment of the US Constitution granted the vote to American women in 1920.
C. The National Women’s Suffrage Association was set up in 1869.
D. A feminist writer Simon de Beauvoir published the book ‘The Second Sex’.
E. The history of black women in the US has been narrated first by Greta Thunberg.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Correct option is A

The correct answer is (a) A, B, C, D Only.

Detailed Explanation 

A. Seneca Falls Convention (1848)

• Marked the birth of the US women’s rights movement.

• Organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott.

• Produced the "Declaration of Sentiments", demanding equality for women in voting, education, and employment.

• Boost :First major feminist gathering in the US, inspired by the abolitionist movement.

B. Nineteenth Amendment (1920)

• Granted American women the right to vote (women’s suffrage).

• Culmination of a72-year struggle since Seneca Falls.

• Key figures :Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt.

• Boost: Tennessee was the final state to ratify it, making it law.

C. National Women’s Suffrage Association (NWSA, 1869)

• Founded by Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

• Focused on federal-level suffrage(unlike the American Woman Suffrage Association, which worked state-by-state).

• Later merged into the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)in 1890.

• Boost: NWSA was more radical, advocating for broader women’s rights beyond just voting.

D. Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex(1949)

• Groundbreaking feminist text arguing that" one is not born, but rather becomes, a woman"(social construction of gender).

• Influenced second-wave feminism(1960s-70s).

• Boost: De Beauvoir was a French existentialist philosopher, not American, but her work deeply impacted global feminism.

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E. Greta Thunberg & Black Women’s History

• Greta Thunberg is a Swedish climate activist, unrelated to black women’s history.

• Black feminist history was pioneered by figures like:

  • Sojourner Truth("Ain’t I a Woman?" speech, 1851).

  • Ida B. Wells(anti-lynching crusader).

  • Bell Hooks(Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism, 1981).

• Boost: The first major narratives of black women’s struggles came from African-American abolitionists and civil rights activists, not Thunberg.