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Women and Reform Movements
Do Now Question: What reform movements were taking place in the 1820's 's?
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Women and Abolitionism
Many women were abolitionists... Sarah and Angelina Grimke Sojourner Truth Harriet Tubman Many of these women later went on to be part of the women's rights movement
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Women and Temperance The Temperance Movement is a movement to “end drunkenness” Aim to lower or outlaw the consumption of alcohol Ex. Mary C. Vaughan
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Women and Prison Reform
Reformers focused on rehabilitation Move mental patients to separate hospitals Improve conditions in prisons to help the convicted person change Ex. Dorothea Dix
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Women's Rights Want more rights – to own property, to be educated, to work, etc... Seneca Falls Convention Gathering of women's rights activists They declared a set of goals, including the right to vote Ex. - Susan B. Anthony
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