Women were becoming huge players in society as seen in Document 5. The passage reflects how important women had become, having a say in the issue and informing the higher powered people of the state, being the legislatures. Dorothea Dix wrote with the purpose of showing that there was a problem that needed to be fixed, and the people of society including women needed to fix it. Further proving the advancement of women in society was their ability to fight for themselves. In Document Six the women on the streets were breaking social norms and changing their apparel, not caring at all what other people thought. This brought a wave of self dependence among women, making single women a more common thing to
