During the 1800’s women's roles in society were having many obligations and few choices. Some compare the conditions of women’s life in this time period to a form of slavery. Due to the harsh living conditions women were constantly making efforts to reform America. Women had a large impact on the social changes in America involving educational reform, prison reform, and the abolition movement. The educational reform in America in the 1800’s was a major reformation movement that won extensive support to make education available to more children.
The man who led this movement was Horace Mann, "the father of American public schools."
At the time few areas had public schools. Children with wealthy parents were able to attend private schools or …show more content…
Reformers believed that education would help these children escape poverty and become good citizens. “A desire to reform and expand education accompanied and informed many of the political, social, and economic impulses toward reform Barbara Winslow The Gilder Lehrmen Institute Of American History .“ Many reformers focused on reforming society by reforming education on more scientific, humanistic, pragmatic or democratic principles. John Dewey and Anton Makarenko are distinguished examples of reformers that did so. By the mid-1800s, most states had accepted three basic principles of public education. They believed school should be free and supported by taxes and that the teachers should be trained and children should be required to attend school. This was an important step in order to keep the citizens of America educated and out of poverty. Although this was the first step to improve education, some schools still did not offer education to everybody. Women were not allowed to attend some schools and neither were African Americans. They were sent to schools who received less money and didn’t offer good quality education. These circumstances were unreasonable because “Education reform has as its main purpose to …show more content…
Women played a large role in putting an end to slavery, racial discrimination, and segregation because of the discrimination they faced on the issue of women's rights. This movement resulted in a dramatic social change in America. Women’s participation in the abolitionist movement changed drastically during the 1820s and 1830s, reorienting both antislavery activism and culture. White and black Quaker women and female slaves took a strong righteous stand against slavery. In the 1830s, thousands of women took part in the movement to abolish slavery. “Women wrote articles for abolitionist papers, circulated abolitionist pamphlets, and circulated, signed, and delivered petitions to Congress calling for abolition.” (National Women's History Museum.) Women like Angelina Grimke and Sarah Moore Grimke became prominent leaders in the abolition movement. They became known for mixed audiences (male and female) about slavery. For the revolutionary act they took part of, they became noticed by clergymen. The Grimke sisters were commended for their roles in the abolitionist movement. Many women who were active in the abolitionist movement began to advocate for women's rights. Women who had worked to grant freedom for African Americans began to observe legal similarities between the situation as women were in and the situation of enslaved
The man who led this movement was Horace Mann, "the father of American public schools."
At the time few areas had public schools. Children with wealthy parents were able to attend private schools or …show more content…
Reformers believed that education would help these children escape poverty and become good citizens. “A desire to reform and expand education accompanied and informed many of the political, social, and economic impulses toward reform Barbara Winslow The Gilder Lehrmen Institute Of American History .“ Many reformers focused on reforming society by reforming education on more scientific, humanistic, pragmatic or democratic principles. John Dewey and Anton Makarenko are distinguished examples of reformers that did so. By the mid-1800s, most states had accepted three basic principles of public education. They believed school should be free and supported by taxes and that the teachers should be trained and children should be required to attend school. This was an important step in order to keep the citizens of America educated and out of poverty. Although this was the first step to improve education, some schools still did not offer education to everybody. Women were not allowed to attend some schools and neither were African Americans. They were sent to schools who received less money and didn’t offer good quality education. These circumstances were unreasonable because “Education reform has as its main purpose to …show more content…
Women played a large role in putting an end to slavery, racial discrimination, and segregation because of the discrimination they faced on the issue of women's rights. This movement resulted in a dramatic social change in America. Women’s participation in the abolitionist movement changed drastically during the 1820s and 1830s, reorienting both antislavery activism and culture. White and black Quaker women and female slaves took a strong righteous stand against slavery. In the 1830s, thousands of women took part in the movement to abolish slavery. “Women wrote articles for abolitionist papers, circulated abolitionist pamphlets, and circulated, signed, and delivered petitions to Congress calling for abolition.” (National Women's History Museum.) Women like Angelina Grimke and Sarah Moore Grimke became prominent leaders in the abolition movement. They became known for mixed audiences (male and female) about slavery. For the revolutionary act they took part of, they became noticed by clergymen. The Grimke sisters were commended for their roles in the abolitionist movement. Many women who were active in the abolitionist movement began to advocate for women's rights. Women who had worked to grant freedom for African Americans began to observe legal similarities between the situation as women were in and the situation of enslaved