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UGC NET January 2025 Political Science
Women's movement in the United States developed strong over the years. Some of its basic facts include
- 1. The Seneca Falls convention, held in 1848, marked the birth of the US women's rights movement.
- 2. The Nineteenth Amendment of the US Constitution granted the vote to American women in 1920.
- 3. The National Woman's Suffrage Association was set up in 1869.
- 4. A feminist writer Simon de Beauvoir published the book 'The Second Sex'.
- 5. The history of black women in the US has been narrated first by Greta Thunberg.
A1, 2, 3, 4 Only ✓ Correct
B2, 3, 4, 5 Only
C3, 4, 5 Only
D1, 2, 5 Only
Answer: A
Explanation
★The correct facts about the women's movement in the United States are 1, 2, 3 and 4.
★The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 marked the birth of the US women's rights movement.
★The Nineteenth Amendment granted American women the vote in 1920, after decades of suffragist struggle.
★The National Woman Suffrage Association was set up in 1869 by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
★Simone de Beauvoir did publish The Second Sex, a landmark feminist work, in 1949.
★Statement 5 is false, since Greta Thunberg is a climate activist, and the history of black women in the US was written by figures like Angela Davis and bell hooks.
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