Lesson 89: Women's Right

     Along with the major reforms being made, the beginning of equality between men and women was being started.
     After the Revolutionary War women were expected to become role-model wives and mothers the their children across America.  Although some were content with their lives and limited participation in governmental affairs, others were unhappy and wished to create equality between themselves and men, rather than be on the same level as slaves and children.
     Certain women of the time began to meet and form a convention of women's rights which was held at Seneca Falls, New York in 1848.  They created a document based off of the constitution that gave them the rights of equality with men they desired.  Although this document was not well recieved be the government at that time, it set stage for the women in America to gradually gain their equality with men.

Lesson 88: Social Reforms

     With the spark of reform in humanitarian and other concepts, social reforms were being made as well.  Education underwent some change at this time.  Also, reforms were made because of alcohol abuses.
     Horace Mann was a leading figure of reform in public education.  Mainly, by creating better builidngs for school meeting, expanding the curriculum that was taught, raised teacher salaries, and better teacher training.  Women were now allowed to work and make money as teachers in these new schools.
     The temperance movement was an evangelical reform that attacked the abuse of alcohol.
The reformers in this movement believed that drunkenness was the root of all social problems and crimes in America.  This gave way to more reform movements and organizations that toured America and gave speeches on the sin of abusing alcohol.  These movements reduced the abuses greatly by use of moral pursuasion in speeches for self-improvement.