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WORK ON YOUR PACKET!!!!!

WORK ON YOUR PACKET!!!!!. Reformers of the 19 th Century. Susan B. Anthony (Abolitionist/Women’s Rights). Accomplishments: Traveled and spoke all over the country against slavery and for women’s right to vote (suffrage) Why did they matter?

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WORK ON YOUR PACKET!!!!!

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  1. WORK ON YOUR PACKET!!!!!

  2. Reformers of the 19th Century

  3. Susan B. Anthony(Abolitionist/Women’s Rights) • Accomplishments: • Traveled and spoke all over the country against slavery and for women’s right to vote (suffrage) • Why did they matter? • Active for over 50 years in women’s rights movement – perhaps the most important figure

  4. Frederick Douglass(Abolitionist) • Accomplishments: • Born a slave; escaped, spoke out against slavery. Advisor to Lincoln in the Civil War • Why did they matter? • One of America’s first great black speakers and writers – powerful voice for human rights

  5. William Lloyd Garrison(Abolitionist) • Accomplishments: • Publisher of the “Liberator,” favoring the immediate end of slavery. Strong words often caused controversy. • Why did they matter? • His paper was very influential in arousing public feelings both for and against slavery.

  6. The Grimke Sisters(Abolitionist/Women’s Rights) • Accomplishments: • Wrote extensively and campaigned to end slavery and establish rights for women. • Why did they matter? • Trailblazers for women and African Americans in the United States

  7. Elizabeth Cady Stanton(Abolitionist/Women’s Rights) • Accomplishments: • Helped organize Seneca Falls Convention – Spoke out her entire life for women’s suffrage (right to vote) • Why did they matter? • One of the great organizers and spokespersons for women’s rights in the 19th Century

  8. Harriet Beecher Stowe(Abolitionist/ Art & Literature) • Accomplishments: • Wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” • Why did they matter? • By telling the evils of slavery, she caused more people to support abolishing it

  9. Sojourner Truth(Abolitionist/ Women’s Rights) • Accomplishments: • Traveled the country to speak out for abolitionism and women’s rights • Why did they matter? • Helped to spread the word about the evils of slavery and the need for rights for women

  10. Harriet Tubman(Abolitionist) • Accomplishments: • Famous “conductor” of the Underground Railroad (300 slaves to freedom); worked for North in Civil War • Why did they matter? • Her work encouraged the abolitionist cause; gave hope to countless slaves.

  11. Walt Whitman(Literature/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 • Why did they matter? • Known by many as the father of modern American poetry

  12. John Greenleaf Whittier(Literature/Abolitionist) • Accomplishments: • He not only wrote anti-slavery poems, but poems about his own region, New England • Why did they matter? • One of America’s best known poets and abolitionists.

  13. Henry David Thoreau(Art/ Literature) • Accomplishments: • Wrote Walden and other works about respect for nature. Also wrote “Civil Disobedience” – about civic protest • Why did they matter? • One of the first truly American thinkers – a philosopher of nature, free thinking, and civil rights

  14. Horace Mann(Education) • Accomplishments: • Instituted minimum school year, doubled funding, increased # of schools; new methods • Why did they matter? • His ideas had a large effect on the expansion of education in America

  15. Dorothea Dix(Prisons/Mental Institutions) • Accomplishments: • Played a major role in founding mental hospitals in America and Europe • Why did they matter? • One of the busiest and influential of social reformers – influence felt even today

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