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** SHAREWARE: This program may be copied or shared freely. It may be given a fair trial. If used it should be registered with the author for $15.00 for which you will receive the latest version and notice of other programs. ------------------------------------------------------------ The American Women by Hubbard C. Goodrich RFD #1 Box 880 South Harpswell, ME 04079-9739 [207] 833-6172 Copyright (c) 1992 Hubbard C. Goodrich All Rights Reserved The American Women is a computer assisted learning program. It was written to provide students with an opportunity to learn, review, improve and test their historical knowledge of 61 American Women in the independent, non-threatening environment of the computer. It is meant to give students an activity for the acquisition of knowledge supplemental to the classroom in a school or home environment. The level is high school and college (8-14). INSTALLATION: These programs fill two 5 1/4 floppy disks Disk FEM_A includes all the tests, QUIZWMN.EXE, and WMN.DOC. QUIZWMN.EXE - the main program WMN.DOC - this documentation **.TST - 10 test FILES used by QUIZWMN.EXE Disk FEM_B contains all the histories, .BAT file, READWMN and LISTWMN for reading the histories. **.COM - Women histories READWMN.BAT - Batch file for calling the histories WMN.LST - list of Women called by READWMN REPLY.COM - used by BATch file to process request The program is designed for use with one disk drive as QUIZWMN and READWMN work independently of each other. With greater disk density available you may, of course, place all the material on one disk or in one sub-directory of a hard disk, but the program will work in any disk organization. The ANSI.sys (or NANSI.SYS) driver should be loaded on the CONFIG.SYS for the .BAT files to work properly. The program should work on any MSDOS compatible computer and any monitor. Place "DEVICE = ANSI.SYS" in your CONFIG.SYS file. --------------- The program is made up of two parts: the Women's Histories and the Quiz-Review. WOMEN'S HISTORIES: (Disk B) The histories in this collected are limited solely to 61 women from 1600-1920 who are considered to have made important historical contributions to the evolution of equality in America. The names in all CAPITALS are also in the QUIZWMN (Disk A) program. The women's histories are .COM files marked WR##.COM where `#' represents an number for an area off the Women by subject group: WR01 = Introduction, WR02 = welfare, WR03 = educators and writers, WR04 = journalists, WR05 = labor & law, WR06 = medical, WR07 = nursing and public health, WR08 = temperance, WR09 = abolition, WR10 = suffrage part 1 and WR11 = suffrage part 2. Due to technical limitations and the length of the material, Health and Suffrage are divided into two parts as you can see. [I am indebted to Mr. Keith P. Graham for his excellent TXT2COM program for the display of these histories.] The histories may be studied by typing: READWMN or "WR##" directly. Each ##.COM file contains a brief history of the topic and biographies of women who were central to the early reform effort. You may use the Function keys to page directly to the start of each section, the Page up/down keys, Home, End, or the arrow keys. You may use the search function (F) to find material of direct interest or print (T) the entire document (see the bottom of the screen for a list of these commands). Many other women are mentioned who were involved in various reform efforts who are not given major treatment (name not in capitals). This is to give you a few names to use for additional study, as an assignment tool, and to let you know that many women were involved in these efforts who may not be as well known. This work does not include all women involved in various reform efforts. QUIZWMN: (Disk A) The Quiz-Review is a program designed to ask you a series of questions on the CRT (50 maximum) on the 61 Women. From the QUIZWMN Menu you will have a choice of subject area: you may choose to be quizzed on just names of Women, dates, or significant accomplishments - three subject areas in all. You might also choose a fourth which has been called POT LUCK - it will select each of the other questions at random. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ T H E W O M E N O F A M E R I C A ║ ║ ║ ║ MAIN QUIZ MENU: ║ ║ ║ ║ 1. Names of Women ║ ║ 2. Dates: Birth/Death ║ ║ 3. Events of Significance ║ ║ 4. Pot Luck ║ ║ 5. Review All Summaries ║ ║ 0. Quit Program ║ ║ ║ ║ <D>irections <S>earch <T>est ║ ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢ ║ Enter your choice (0 to 5, <D>, <S>, or <T>) --> ║ ║ ║ ║____________________________________________________║ ║ [/] or [ESC] to Exit or Return to the Menu. ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ (Screen #1) Subject areas 1-3 each have five-eight possible question types chosen at random. So if you choose POT LUCK, a total of twenty-one different types of questions may challenge you in three different categories. While you are in a subject review area, you will be provided with a brief instruction before starting the questions. As an aid to memory, you will be provided with a visual prompt - the number of characters required for the correct answer. Type in your answer but DO NOT USE PUNCTUATION. Other answers for dates, numbers, and names are also prompted graphically. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║Question 1 | Score: 0.00 ║ ║═════════════════════════════════════════════════ ║ ║ ║ ║Who was born in Cork in 1832, and died 1521? ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║Type in Answer: ║ ║ ~~~~ ║ ║ ║ ║▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ║ ║(</>=Rtn to Menu)(@=Score/Review)(?=Hint)+<RETURN> ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ (Screen #2) When you answer a question, do not use commas or periods or any other punctuation marks. The program will recover but they will not be part of an acceptable answer. Be careful with spelling. The program will accept some `variations' but not anything. If you enter a wrong answer you will be given the option to review. Also, you may answer a question with one of the following: a '/' which will return you to the Main Menu; and the '?' for a textual hint to help you recall the correct answer. The `@' character ends the program and allows you to review all your errors in turn. A running score is maintained (but not saved) to give you an idea how well you are doing: +1 point for each correct answer +.50 for a correct answer misspelled, -1 for an incorrect answer and -.10 for every use of a `hint'. You may wish to review all the data base by typing #5 at the Main Menu in which case you will have displayed a synopsis of each Woman's History in turn. Abbreviations have been used to condense the material: c1700 means "about 1700", Univ = university and etc. You may study each set for as long as you wish. Use the PgUp/PgDn (or up and down arrow keys) to move back and forth; use HOME or END to go to the first or last of the list. The synopses are in the same order as given in the histories, not alphabetic or some date. ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║PRESS Up/Down Arrow or PgUp/PgDn to Advance or Reverse one ║ ║ paragraph. ║ ║PRESS Home or End to the First or Last of the Explorer Data.║ ║ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ║ ║+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ║ ║+# 1 : Her name is Ann Hutchinson ║ ║+She was born: 1591 In: England and Died: 1643 + ║ ║+ *** During her active life she was known for: + ║ ║+» 1634 emigrated to Mass.; had 15 children; religious .. + ║ ║+> Challenged Orthodox Puritan church teachings; condemned+ ║ ║+≡ Banished from Mass; helped to found Portsmouth, RI + ║ ║+≈ 'You have rather been a husband than a wife, a preacher+ ║ ║++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ║ ║ __________________________________________________________ ║ ║ [/] or [ESC] to Exit or Return to the Menu. ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ (Screen #3) Included in the six choices from the Main Menu (0 to quit the program), you also have [D]irections, [S]earch and [T]est. The Directions, in addition to the obvious, provides you with an opportunity to limit the number of Women you wish to study. That is you can limit your study to the following classifications: TOPIC NUMBER OF PEOPLE Reform & Morality 1-11 Education & Writers 12-26 Labor & Law 27-31 Medicine & Health 32-41 Temperance 42-44 Abolition 45-52 Suffrage 53-61 The Search option allows you to look through the data for pieces of information. You may wish to look for all names with Eliz in their name or Women who are from a particular State or who were born before 1800 or after 1850. You may want to know which Women were involved with specific events. If you are interested in the Civil War, type in "Civil" or "War" and the program will search out the data base for all mentions of that word. This section will find the Women and the number with that association. Remember, this is a synopis so some references will not be complete. You need not type in the full word. For example, if you choose the Name category you may not remember how to spell Sarah Grimke so type `G' or `Grim' and it will find all Women with that letter or group of letters in their names. You will get a few you are not interested so the more complete you can be the better. ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ The SEARCH mode will allow you to find information you are ║ ║curious about in this Women Data (see #5 Review). You will ║ ║be asked to enter the area of interest, the whole or partial ║ ║search key, and search logic for dates. ║ ║ ║ ║1 = Name of Woman 3 = Date of Birth 5 = Events ║ ║2 = Place of Birth 4 = Date of Death ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ Enter your Choice (1-5) [or /] ? ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ (Screen #4) TESTS: The ten multiple choice Tests are ASCii files with a .TST extension. This section will allow you to select a test (based on the subject category). The test order will be randomized and the order of its choices. The test can be generated to paper, to a disk or to the screen. If to the screen, each question will be presented in turn to await a response. The correct answer will be given after the student's answer. ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ TEST MENU FOR THE AMERICAN WOMEN ║ ║ ════════════════════════════════════ ║ ║ ║ ║ Choose one of the following by number ... ║ ║ ║ ║ 1 - Display the Test to Screen and Score; ║ ║ 2 - Send Test to disk [randomized]; ║ ║ 3 - Send Test to printer [randomized]; ║ ║ 4 - Send Test to printer [not randomized; ║ ║ 5 - Directions; or ║ ║ 0 - RETURN to the Main Menu. ║ ║ ║ ║ ┌────────────────────────┐ ║ ║ │ Select one (0-5) --> │ ║ ║ └────────────────────────┘ ║ ║ ________________________________________________ ║ ║ [/] or [ESC] to Exit or Return to the Menu. ║ ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ (Screen #5) The test may also be sent to a printer for use in a normal paper and pencil test environment. The answer key may also be printed. When sent to the printer, the program will stop after each `page' to be sure you adjust your top-of-line. The procedure can also create a disk file which can then be modified by you and printed with your favorite word processor. Choose your Category quiz from the list by letter A-J. Enter the Drive letter (and path if necessary). You will then receive a prompt to check whether the filename information is correct. Press enter and the procedure will start. If you request the quiz be sent to the printer you will receive additional questions and warnings to "ready your printer"; if to the disk you will be asked for the drive where you wish it sent. You will also be asked for the number of different randomized forms you wish. ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║QUESTION: 1 CORRECT: 0 WRONG: 0 ║ ║________________________________________________ ║ ║ ║ ║ The first girl born in America of European parents was? ║ ║ ║ A) Anne Buras ║ ║ B) Virgina Dare ║ ║ C) Anne Forest ║ ║ D) Francisca Hinestrasa ║ ║ ║ ║ Type your Answer by letter (A-D) or / & ENTER.? ║ ║ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ (Screen #6) All of these questions will be randomized when requested. That is, the order of the questions as well as the order of distractors will be juggled up so that it is very unlikely that one presentation of a test will be identical to another. It is possible that a teacher may wish to have (eg.) five forms of the same test. This program will print the five separate forms. It will not, however, select questions from different categories groups. A maximum of 26 different forms may be printed at one time. Category Test Name #Questions A Morality MORL 35 B Welfare WELF 108 C Education EDUC 78 D Journal JOUR 58 E Labor/law WORK 62 F Health HEAL 93 G Temperance TEMP 51 H Abolition ABOL 70 I Suffrage| SUF1 64 J & ERA | SUF2 45 The questions have not been pre-tested with an item analysis as my student population is inadequate for valid results. You may wish to revise them. If you do so be sure you follow the same format as the other questions. Each lead or question line must start with a `\' slash. You are limited to a maximum of three lines in the lead. The last line of the lead must end with a `\'. The first answer must be the correct answer. You then must have three distractors - a total of 4 choices. If you increase or decrease the number of questions, change the number at the top of the test to the number that now exists. [I advise that you experiment with a backup copy if you attempt this.] The test MUST be saved back to disk in ASCii form. [A separate program is available for those interested specifically for teachers interested in randomizing their own exams. This allows up to 5 lines for the questions and as many distractors as you wish, just as long as the number is consistent for each question.] HISTORY of program development. The TEST program was originally written on a mainframe by the author [1979] and then modified to BASIC for a TRS80 Model III [1982] when memory was of major concern. The remainder of the program was written in 1982-3 for the Model III and for Presidential Histories in 1984-5. All the programs were then modified for the MSDOS system [1986] and Turbo Basic(c) [1987 - for speed and convenience. [Quick Basic(c) was tried but, in this case, found wanting.] The program was modified for The States in 1988. The Explorer histories were added in 1989. The Women was first completed in January 1992. The Presidents was first offered to the public as SHAREWARE in October 1989. Bibliography: BACON, M.H. - MOTHERS OF FEMINISM (1986) BAER - THE HEART IS LIKE HEAVEN (CHILD) (64) BAXANDALL, GORDON & REVERBY Eds - AMERICA'S WORKING WOMEN BERKIN & NORTON - WOMEN OF AMERICA: A HISTORY BOYDSTON, KELLY, MARGOLIS - THE LIMITS OF SISTERHOOD: THE BEECHER SISTERS BRADFORD, G. - PORTRAITS OF AMERICAN WOMEN BROWN, SUSAN - AGAINST THEIR WILL BUHLE & BUHL - THE CONCISE HISTORY OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE BULLOUGH, V.L. - THE SUBORDINATE SEX - 1974 BURNS, J.M. - THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT (1982) CARROLL & NOBLE: THE FREE AND THE UNFREE CLARA BARTON - NATIONAL PARK HANDBOOK (1981) CLIFFORD, DEBORAH C. - MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY: A BIOG OF J.W. HOWE COTT, NANCY F. - THE BONDS OF WOMANHOOD 1780-1835 (1977) COTT, NANCY F. ED - ROOT OF BITTERNESS (72) CROW, D - VICTORIAN WOMEN DEGLER - AT ODDS DOLAN, JOSEPHINE A. - NURSING IN SOCIETY: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE (1968) DUBLIN, T. - WOMEN AT WORK (1979) EARLE, A.M. - CHILD LIFE IN COLONIAL DAYS EARLE, A.M. - HOME LIFE IN COLONIAL DAYS (1898) EHRENREICH & ENGLISH - FOR HER OWN GOOD: 150 YEARS OF THE EXPERTS ADVICE TO WOMEN (78) EVANS, SARA M - BORN FOR LIBERTY (89) FILLER - THE CRUSADE AGAINST SLAVERY (60) FINLEY, RUTH E. - THE LADY OF GODEY'S S.J. HALE FLETCHER - A HISTORY OF OBERLINE COLLEGE (43) FLEXNER - CENTURY OF STRUGGLE (59) FONER, P.S. - WOMEN AND THE AMERICAN LABOR MOVEMENT FRIEDMAN & SHADE - OUR AMERICAN SISTERS (73) FURNAS, J.C. - THE AMERICANS: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE US 1587- 1914 GILBERTSON, CATHERINE - HARRIET BEECHER STOWE (1937) HABER, LOUIS - WOMEN PIONEERS OF SCIENCE HAHN - ONCE UPON A PEDESTAL HALBROOK, S.H. - DREAMERS OF THE AMERICAN DREAM HAWKE, DAVID F. - EVERYDAY LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA (1988) HAYS, E.R. - THOSE EXTRAORDINARY BLACKWELLS HOLT, RUCKHAM - MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE (1964) HUNT, HARRIOT K - GLANCES AND GLIMPSES (1856) HUNTER, JANE - THE GOSPEL OF GENTILITY: AMERICAN WOMEN MISSIONARIES IN TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY CHINA (84) HYMOWITZ & WEISSMAN - HISTORY OF WOMEN IN AMERICA JOHNSTON, JOHANN - MRS SALON: THE INCREDIBLE SAGA OF VICTORIA C WOODHULL (1967) KESSLER-HARRIS, ALICE - OUT TO WORK: A HISTORY OF WAGE-EARNING WOMEN IN THE US (82) LERNER, G. - THE WOMAN IN AMERICAN HISTORY MARKS & BEATTY - THE STORY OF MEDICINE IN AMERICA (73) MCHENRY, ROBERT - FAMOUS AMERICAN WOMEN: A BIOG DICT FROM COL TIMES MERRIAN - GROWING UP FEMALE IN AMERICA MILLER, S.B. AGAINST THEIR WILL MORANTZ-SANCHES, R.M. - SYMPATHY & SCIENCE: WOMEN PHYSICIANS IN AMERICAN MEDICINE (85) MORELLO - THE INVISIBLE BAR (WOMEN LAWYERS) 986) O'SULLIVAN & GALLICK - WORKERS AND ALLIES REED, JAMES - FROM PRIVATE VICE TO PUBLIC VIRTUE: THE BIRTH CONTROL MOVEMENT RICHARDSON M. - STEWARD, MARIA W: AMERICAN'S FIRST BLACK WOMAN POLITICAL WRITER RILEY, GLENDA - INVENTING THE AMERICAN WOMEN: A PERSPECTIVE ... ROSS - A GOOD POOR MAN'S WIFE RUGG, W.K - UNAFRAID: A LIFE OF ANNE HUTCHINSON (1930) RUGOFF, MILTON - THE BEECHERS RYAN, MARY P. - WOMANHOOD IN AMERICAN FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT SELDOM, B - THE MILL GIRLS SHRYOCK, R - THE HISTORY OF NURSING SINCLAIR, A. - THE EMANCIPATION OF THE AMERICAN WOMAN (1965) SMAUS, J.S. - MARY BAKER EDDY: THE GOLDEN DAYS STODDARD, HOPE - FAMOUS AMERICAN WOMEN - THE LIFE OF BILLY YORK TINLING, MARION - WOMEN INTO THE UNKNOWN: A SOURCE BOOK ON WOMEN EXPL ULRICH, L.T. - A MIDWIFES TALE ULRICH, L.J. - GOODWIVES VARE & PLACEK - MOTHERS OF INVENTION WALSH, MARY R. - DOCTORS WANTED: NO WOMEN NEED APPLY (1977) WERTHEIMER, BARBARA, M. - WE WERE THERE: THE STORY OF WORKING WOMEN IN AMERICA (77) WERTZ & WERTZ - LYING-IN: A HISTORY OF CHILDBIRTH WILSON, D.C. - LONE WOMAN: THE STORY OF E. BLACKWELL (1970) WILSON, D.C. - STRANGER & TRAVELER: THE STORY OF D. DIX (1975) YAST, EDNA - AMERICAN WOMEN OF SCIENCE ZANE & ZANE - AMERICAN WOMEN: FOUR CENTURIES OF PROGRESS ZINN, H. - A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE U.S. DISCLAIMER. The American Women programs and manual are provided "as is", without any warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. DISTRIBUTION: The American Women is NOT public domain software, it is a copyrighted program distributed by the author. It is offered as "SHAREWARE". You may use, copy, and share it, and place on BBS as long as no fee or exchange takes place other than those associated with "expenses" to copy and mail. The author would greatly appreciate a contribution of $15 from those individuals or institutions who find the program of use. Those who make the contribution will be sent the latest revision without the shareware message and notified of additional topics. Programs of a similar nature available: At the moment the following subjects have been developed or in the planning (wish) stage: The American Presidents (Completed) The American States (Completed) The American Explorers (Completed) The American Women (Completed) The War Between the States (& other wars) The American Minorities The author would be glad to hear from correspondents who wish to respond to this offering with suggestions, constructive criticisms, and the fellowship of a common interest. For example, if the reader has material that would lend itself to this approach, I would be happy to investigate the possibility of modifying this driver to that use. I am having difficulty finding source material that is not copyrighted that can be used. Each section took about 3 months to write and accompanying test took on the average of one month each to write. The program, on the other hand being largely already written for The Presidents, took only three weeks or so to revise. The same will be true for the other 'histories'. I am not on any BBS so the post office will have to suffice for communication. Ordering Information: Your Name and Address: Name of Program: ________________________________ Version #:________ (if you already have one) Where Obtained:__________________________________ Computer: _______________; Monitor: _______________ Drives (floppy, HD): _______________; Memory: _______ Graphic Card (Y/N): ________ Comments & etc. ________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ (Send to the address given above)