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The Era of Reform
Between 1820 and 1850 was known was knwon as the Era of Reform. Reformers dedicated themselves to ending slavery, equalizing womens rights, improving prision life and education, and improving life for the mentally ill. -
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The Second Great Awakening
A revival of religious feeling and belief in the 1820s and 1830s. The First Great Awakening was in 1700's. This time period also brough on thoughts of transcendentalism. -
Horace Mann fights for education.
Horace Mann became the state supervisor of education. He spoke out for the needs of public schools in Massachuetts. His speeches convinced citizens to pay taxes to build better public schools. While he attended only 10 weeks of school a year, he saw the need for education for all. -
The Liberator is started
William Lloyd Garrison started a abolitionest newspaper called The Liberator, the newspaper demanded all of the slaves be freed. Pro slavery groups angered by his writing burned his house, and destroyed his printing press. -
Frederick Douglass speaks at abolitionist meeting
Frederick Douglass was a escaped slave who stood over 6 feet tall and had a powerful voice. He gave a moving speech at an abolitionist meeting and soon after became the leader of the abolitionist movement. He also wrote an autobiography depictiong his treatment as a slave.
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Ohio's Oberlin College admits both men and women
Ohio's Oberlin College becomes the first college to admit both men and women. This led to most universitys accepting females in the 1860's. -
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Stanton Meet
At the worlds Anti-Slavery convention, women were forced to sit behind the stage and not speak. Because of this, Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott met, and became leaders for the womens rights movement. -
Dorothea Dix begins teaching prisons
Dorothea Dix volenteered to teach in a prison. She was horrified by how awful the prisioners were treated. She began visiting other prisons to see if all prisons were that terrible. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons -
Dorothea Dix starts campaigning for bester prison conditions
Dorotea Dix was shoked by the treatment of mentally ill in prisons as well as the fact that a minor infraction could get you arrested. Her report to the Massachusetts state lagislater brought better prisons to massechussets and mental asylums for the metally ill. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons -
Seneca Falls Convention
The Seneca Falls convention for womens rights begins, and 300 woman and 40 men attend. Some outcomes of Seneca Falls was the Declaration Of Setiments, which explained mens acts of tyranny over woman, and lead to the equal treatment of women in many more ways then before.
