The election of Jackson As president was proof That society could Change for the better And that the common Ordinary citizen could Rise to the top
Reformer: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Category: Abolitionist And Literature
Accomplishments [What did she do?]: Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin about The horrors of Slavery
Significance: Her books Told about The evils of Slavery, she Caused People to Support the Abolishment Of slavery
Reformer: Elizabeth Blackwell
Category: Women’s Rights
Accomplishments: First woman To graduate From medical School, Founded a Women’s Medical college
Significance: Gained Recognition And support For women In the medical Field
Reformer: William Lloyd Garrison
Category: Abolitionist
Accomplishments: Published “the liberator” favoring the immediate end of slavery. Strong Words often Caused controversy
Significance: His paper was Very Influential in Getting people to support or be Against slavery.
Reformer: Horace Mann
Category: Education
Accomplishments: Instituted minimum school year, doubled funding, increased the number of schools, and Introduced new Methods of Teaching.
Significance: His ideas had a Huge effect on The expansion Of education In America
Reformer: Susan B. Anthony
Category: Temperance, Abolitionist, And women’s rights
Accomplishments: Traveled and Spoke all over The country Against Slavery and For women’s suffrage [Right to vote]
Significance: Active for Over 50 years In Women’s rights Movement- One of the Most Important Leaders.
Reformer: Frederick Douglass
Category: Abolitionist
Accomplishments: Born a slave; Escaped, spoke Out against Slavery. Advisor to President Lincoln during The Civil War.
Significance: One of America’s First great Black Speakers and writers. He was a Powerful Voice For human rights
Reformer: Dorothea Dix
Category: Prisons/ Mental institutions
Accomplishments: Played a major Role in founding Mental Hospitals in America and Europe
Significance: One of the Busiest and Influential of Social Reformers – Her influence Is still felt Even today.
Reformer: Henry David Thoreau
Category: Literature
Accomplishments: Wrote “Walden” And Other works About Respect For nature. Also wrote “Civil Disobedience” About civic protest
Significance: A Transcendentalist [believed in nature, Free thinking, and Non materialism] One of the first Truly American Thinkers – A Philosopher of Nature, free Thinking, and Civil rights
Reformer: Harriet Tubman
Category: Abolitionist
Accomplishments: Famous “conductor” of The Underground Railroad (300 Slaves led to Freedom) Worked for the Union [North] Army during the Civil war
Significance: Her work Encouraged The abolitionist Cause; gave Hope to Countless slaves
Reformer: Sarah Moore Grimke And Angelina Emily Grimke
Category: Abolitionists And women’s Rights
Accomplishments: Wrote Extensively [a lot] And Campaigned To End slavery And Establish Rights for women.
Significance: “Trailblazers” [led the way] For women And African Americans in The United States
Reformer: Sojourner Truth
Category: Abolitionist And women’s rights
Accomplishments: Traveled the Country to Speak Out for Abolitionism and Women’s rights
Significance: Helped to Spread the Word about the Evils of Slavery and the Need for rights For women
Reformer: Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Category: Women’s Rights And Abolitionist
Accomplishments: Helped organize Seneca Falls Convention – Spoke out her Entire life for Women’s Suffrage [voting rights]
Significance: One of the Great Organizers and Spokespersons For women’s Rights in the 19 th century [1800’s]
Reformer: John Greenleaf Whittier
Category: Literature and abolitionist
Accomplishments: He not only Wrote anti-slavery Poems, but Poems about his Own region, New England
Significance: One of America’s Best known Poets and Abolitionists.
Reformer: Walt Whitman
Category: Literature And abolitionist
Accomplishments: He abandoned Regular Rhythm And rhyme in Favor of free Verse that Followed no set Pattern. His Most famous Work is “leaves Of Grass”
Significance: Known by many As the Father Of modern American poetry
Reform Movement: Temperance
Category: Temperance
Accomplishments: Women and Business Owners urged Men to not Drink – sign Pledge not to Spend money Needed for the Family on alcohol
Significance: Many signed Pledge, laws Passed making Sale of Alcohol Illegal This Was later Appealed.
Reformer: Washington Irving
Category: Literature
Accomplishments: Created the Short story. Also wrote Humorous works
Significance: Wrote The Ledged of Sleepy Hollow, and Rip Van Winkle
Reformer: Mark Twain
Category: Literature
Accomplishments: Legendary Writer of satire, historical fiction, short stories, and nonfiction
Significance: Wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, & Huck Finn, The Prince and The Pauper, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court