The Ferment of Reform and Culture Chapter 15 The Ferment of Reform and Culture
Tax-Supported Schools Educate the children of the poor. Noah Webster’s Dictionary – helped to standardize the American Language.
Reasons Why Women Were Denied a Formal Education Learning injured the female brain. Learning undermined women’s health. Education rendered a young woman unfit for marriage.
Age of Reform Women were the most prominent group that participated in reform. Reasons why women participated in reform: Opportunities to escape the confines of home. Entrance into the public arena. A way to improve the World in-which they lived.
Oneida Community John Humphrey Noyes – founder * Key to happiness – suppression of selfishness. * Advocated : 1. No private property 2. Sharing all material goods 3. Belief in vengeful deity Oneida’s financial success – manufacture of steel animal traps and silverware.
Scientific Achievement America was more interested in practical matters.
Artistic Achievements Least interested in architecture. Hudson River School – excelled in the area of painting landscapes. “Civil Disobedience” – Henry David Thoreau. Edgar Allan Poe did not believe in human goodness and social progress.