| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Eleanor Roosevelt | She was the 1st delegate to the United Nations |
| Universal Declaration of Human Rights | Document that was adopted by the UN in 1948 to protect the rights of all people |
| NGO (non-governmental organization) | a group that is not tied to a particular government, but that still has a voice in world affairs |
| Daw Aung San Suu Kyi | This person was prevented from receiving her Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 because she stood up for democracy |
| Apartheid | Separating Blacks from Whites in South Africa, limiting black rights |
| Nelson Mandela | He was put in jail for 26 years and then became the first black president of South Africa |
| Nuremberg Laws | A group of laws that robbed German Jews of their citizenship in 1935 |
| Genocide | The killing of a people from the same race, political group, or group. |
| Einsatzgruppen | Nazi strike forces that killed innocent Jews with their infamous "death squads" |
| Crematoriums | Huge ovens in which bodies were burned during the Holocaust |
| Holocaust | The systematic anhialation of 6 million Jews and 5 million others |
| Shoah | Jewish word for Holocaust |
| Nuremberg War Crimes Trial | 19 Germans were put on trial during this event that officially ended the Holocaust |
| Gender Equality | Belief in equality of men and women, regardless of their age |
| Gender | Word that means whether or not a person is a "boy" or "girl" |
| Gender Discrimination | treating one gender better than another without any fair or proper reason |
| Utilitarians | People that want to use government to make society better |
| Susan B. Anthony | Woman who was arrested and fined $100 for attempting to vote |
| Alice Paul | Woman who went on a hunger strike after being denied her rights by Woodrow Wilson |
| Domestic Violence | 31% of all women in America have to face this during their lifetime. |
| Jean-Jacques Rousseau | This Enlightenment thinker was very biased against women during his lifetime, as can be seen in his writing. |
| Mary Wollstonecraft | This writer was very passionate about women's rights and even went so far as to challenge Jean-Jacques Rousseau. |
| Amnesty International | An NGO that contributes to the observance of human rights throughout the world-a "watchdog" organization. |
| Anne Frank | This young girl died of Typhus in a death camp, but this was after she wrote her famous diary. Her father had it published! |
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