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Judith Sargent Murray was one of the women associated with the Republican Motherhood.
She believe women should be formal education because of their intellect. Reforms
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Reforms and Benjamin Rush
That women's main duty was to raise sons to be virtuous citizens. Female education, he believed, was of the utmost importance, because "the first impressions upon the minds of children are generally derived from women."(15) He also recognized that because women were the caretakers of children, women "must concur in all our plans of education for young men, or no laws will ever render them effectual."(16) Reforms and Benjamin Rush
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Reforms and Benjamin Rush
To qualify women for this purpose, Rush wanted them to be instructed in the usual branches of female education, such as sewing and housekeeping, as well as in the principles of liberty and government. Patriotism should be deeply ingrained in women's thoughts. Reforms and Benjamin Rush
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Reforms in ’s Temperance Crusade- Movement to restrict the sale and consumption of Alcohol
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Reforms in ’s Rehabilitation Reform – prison, orphanages, asylum Indian Reservations- Again a means to move the Native Americans from land the white Americans wanted, some training given
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Reforms in ’s Feminism movement- equality for all Seneca Falls Convention- Made declaration that all are created equal
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Reforms in ’s Anti-Slavery movement Underground railroad American Colonization Society- gradual release of slaves, compensation to their owners, transport freed slaves to a country in Africa to be free there- Liberia
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Reforms in ’s William Lloyd Garrison- Editor stated, Opposition to slavery should be viewed from the point of view of the slave, not the slave owner. Consider what it is doing to the person. Demanded immediate universal abolition of slavery
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Reforms in ’s Fredrick Douglas- Escaped slave, lived in New England, toured England. Excellent orator who travelled American and England to shed light on slavery. Demand freedom from slavery and economic and social equality in America
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