Women in Society

-cult of domesticity

husband, children, home, church

-could not vote in most places

-could not own property or keep wages if husband lived

Reformers

-Abolitionists / Suffrage

Grimke sisters

Lucretia Mott

Elizabeth Stanton

Susan B. Anthony

-Temperance

move to ban alcohol

Women’s Reforms

-Abolitionists / Suffrage

Grimke sisters

Lucretia Mott

Elizabeth Stanton

Susan B. Anthony

-Temperance

move to ban alcohol

Women’s Reforms

-Abolitionists / Suffrage

Grimke sisters

Lucretia Mott

Elizabeth Stanton

Susan B. Anthony

-Temperance

move to ban alcohol

Women’s Reforms

-Abolitionists / Suffrage

Grimke sisters

Lucretia Mott

Elizabeth Stanton

Susan B. Anthony

-Temperance

move to ban alcohol

Women’s Reforms

-Abolitionists / Suffrage

Grimke sisters

Lucretia Mott

Elizabeth Stanton

Susan B. Anthony

-Temperance

move to ban alcohol

Women’s Movement

-women saw increased opportunities in reform movements

-Seneca Falls Convention, 1848

“Declaration of Sentiments”

Women’s Movement

-women saw increased opportunities in reform movements

-Seneca Falls Convention, 1848

“Declaration of Sentiments”

Reforms

-Women’s Education

Catherine Beecher

Oberlin College

-Health Reform

Elizabeth Blackwell

Amelia Bloomer

Markets Expand

-by the mid 1800’s people were no longer totally self-sufficient

produce one product, buy all others

-specialization

-capitalism

-standard of living rose for almost everyone

Transportation Changes

-Robert Fulton

steam powered ships

-many canals were built after Erie was completed

-growth of railroads

Transportation Changes

-Robert Fulton

steam powered ships

-many canals were built after Erie was completed

-growth of railroads

Inventions Improve Life

-Charles Goodyear

vulcanized rubber

-I.M. Singer

sewing machines

-Samuel Morse

telegraph

Morse code

Agriculture

-people began to move into the mid-western parts of the nation

-lots of available farm lands

-John Deere

steel plows

-Cyrus McCormick

mechanical reaper

Changing Workplace

-development of industry

-decline of skilled labor

-growth of urban areas

-cost of goods decreased and supply increased

Factory System Begins

-Lowell textile mills

-factory system

-company town for young girls

-strict control over the workers lives

-factory conditions would warn of future problems

Working Conditions

-long hours

-six days a week

-poor ventilation and lighting

-unsafe working conditions

-development of labor unions and strikes

Immigration

-lots of immigration in the mid 1800’s

-mostly Irish or German

-most immigrants settled in groups

-low wages of immigrants caused problems with other workers

-Growth of Nativism

-Know-Nothing Party