Antebellum Revivalism & Reform
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1830 ’S AMERICA
Antebellum Revivalism & Reform
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The Second Great Awakening
“Spiritual Reform From Within”
[Religious Revivalism]Social Reforms & Redefining the Ideal of
EqualityTemperanc
eAsylum &
Penal Reform
Education
Women’s Rights
Abolitionism
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ANTEBELLUM AMERICA
The Pursuit of Perfection
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Separate Spheres Concept
Cult of Domesticity A woman’s sphere was in the home
It was a refuge from the cruel outside world Her role was to “civilize” her husband and family A Massachusetts minister wrote in the 1830’s:
“The power of woman is her dependence. A woman who gives up that dependence on man to become a reformer yields the power God has given her for her protection, and her character becomes unnatural!”
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Separate Spheres Concept
Early 19th Century Women: Unable to vote. Legal status of a minor. If single could own her
own property. If married no control
over her property or her children.
Could not initiate divorce.
Couldn’t make wills, sign a contract, or bring suit in court without her husband’s permission.
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Separate Spheres Concept
What it would be like if ladies had their own way
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Separate Spheres Concept
Cult of Domesticity was equal to slaveryThe Second Great Awakening inspired
women to improve society
Angelina Grimké Sarah Grimké Lucy Stone
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Women’s Rights
1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention Women are barred
1848 the Seneca Falls Declaration 1850 National Women’s Rights Convention
Lucretia Mott Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Make a connection…
Why do you think women were so outspoken on the issue of abolition?