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"From about 1825 until the outbreak of the civil war in 1861, the atmosphere in the nation was one of reform" (Boardman, 122). There were five major reform movements present in 19th century America. There was the Utopianism/Communitarian Movement, which established an ideal society away from present politics. Educational reforms were important in the fact of creating taxes to support the public school system, higher education for adults, and mandatory education and attendance. The Temperance Movement preached of abstinence from alcohol and the Woman's Rights Movement was to improve the life of women politically, socially, and economically. It also included the strive for women's suffrage rights. Humanitarianism was improving the lives of those less fortunate. This movement also included and was closely related to the Abolition Movement. A great deal of the spirit to reform could be credited to the Enlightenment period of the 18th century, which was still influential in America. More recent though, was the period of Romanticism, which emphasized the goodness of nature and human kind. "To all this was added the democratic spirit of equality and the goal of Utilitarianism: the achievement of the greatest happiness for th
Kazickas, Jurate and Lynn Sherr. Susan B. Anthony Slept Here. New York: Random House Inc., 1976. The Harmony Society was originally established in 1805 in the county Butler, Pennsylvania. Later, in 1814, the society moved to Indiana, and then moved again to Economy, Pennsylvania in 1825. Robert Owen founded the Society of New New Harmony, Indiana in 1825. This colony was to be a self-sufficient community, which was to exist without any currency. Other similar non-religious societies were Nashoba, Tennessee (1825) and the Zoar Community, which was founded in 1817 and lasted until 1898. By 1821, the Women's Educational Movement was underway. The first all female college, Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, was established in 1832 by Mary Lyon. Other female colleges were founded in the years to follow: Elmira Female College in 1855 and Vassar Female College in 1865 both located in New York. Co-ed colleges began with Oberlin Collegiate Institute, Ohio in 1833, Antioch College, Ohio in 1853, State University of Utah in 1850, State University of Iowa in 1855, and the State University of Washington in 1861. One of the most influential women's right activist was Susan Brownell Anthony. She devoted fifty years of her life fighting for women's rights with her friend and colleague Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The two met in 1851 through Amelia Bloomer, who was a friend of Susan. From that point on they became a hard working team for the fight of their rights and the rights of women across the nation. Whatever quality one lacked, the other was especially strong in. In 1860, Miss Anthony successfully petitioned in New York to let wives hold property, have control of their earnings, and have legal guardianship of their children in case of divorce. She took her petition to the New York legislature and they granted her wishes. Lucy Stone was also a friend of Susan. She graduated form the co-ed Oberlin College in 1847, and when she was married she kept her own name. In 1850, she organized the first National Women's Rights Convention in Worchester, Massachusetts. Her and Susan ran campaigns together in order to remove unfair legal laws on women. Amelia Bloomer was the editor of the Women's Rights and Temperance magazine called Lily. She radically changed the dress of women's fashion by wearing her full skirt over a pair of trousers. She believed that a woman's life should be as comfortable and free as possible. She later stopped her fashion statements when she realized they were straying away Women's Suffragists. The Grimke Sisters, Sarah and Angelina, of South Carolina, attacked the subordinate position of women in 1838. Margaret Fuller was an important literary woman who wrote very bluntly about the political, intellectual, sexual, and economic aspects of feminism. It was nearly two decades later that women got their rights secured by the national government. The 19th Amendment allowed women to vote. If only all these fighting women could have been alive to see that their hard work did pay off.
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