1. This African American woman helped to found Sojourners for Truth and Justice in 1951 to counter racist violence, organize support for W. Alphaeus Hunton (imprisoned for his Communist affiliations), defend Claudia Jones (a Trinidadian Communist facing deportation), and campaign for Paul Robeson after the government seized his passport — not just as individuals, but as wives, sisters, and mothers:
a. Louise Thompson Patterson.
b. Shirley Graham Du Bois.
c. Charlotta Bass.
d. All of the above.
2. This prominent radical feminist, a champion of women’s suffrage and first woman to run for president in 1872, was also a member of the International Workingmen’s Association (First International) led by Karl Marx:
a. Susan B, Anthony.
b. Victoria Woodhull.
c. Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
d. All of the above.
3. Contrary to conventional wisdom, women were (and continue to be) among the most militant organizers of labor in American history. Which one of the following women was not a major working-class leader:
a. Mother Jones.
b. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn.
c. Mother Bloor.
d. Susan Sontag.
4. The CPUSA’s theoretical position on the “women question” calls upon Communists and class-conscious male workers to
a. argue that the establishment of socialism was the answer to women’s rights.
b. fight consciously against male chauvinism in all working-class organizations and areas of life.
c. advocate for “free love.”
d. fight to put women in upper management positions in the capitalist class.
5. The Trump administration and reactionary Supreme Court decisions have
a. repealed Roe v. Wade and sought to prevent states from continuing abortion and general reproductive rights.
b. gutted Affirmative Action, which sought to enforce civil rights law and which called for the inclusion of oppressed peoples and women in employment, housing, and education.
c. worked to remove from university departments, schools, and libraries all literature, programs, and ongoing work dealing with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) as specified under civil rights law to oppressed groups and women.
d. All of the above.
6. The first government to legalize abortion, establish equal pay for equal work for women and men, and establish paid maternity leave was
a. the progressive New Deal government of the U.S. led by Franklin Roosevelt in 1935.
b. the revolutionary socialist government of Soviet Russia led by Vladimir Lenin in 1920.
c. the Popular Front government of France led by Leon Blum in 1937.
d. the Labor Party government of Britain led by Clement Atlee in 1946.
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