1 a : to put or change into an improved form or condition
b : to amend or improve by change of form or removal of faults or abuses
2: to put an end to (an evil) by enforcing or introducing a better method or course of action
Women's Suffrage Movement
The Women's Suffrage movement begun in 1848 and was the first women's right movement, held at Seneca Falls in New York and was organized by Elzabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. During this convention the delegates called for the right to vote among other women's rights. The Convention adopted a "Declaration of Pinciples" modeled on the Declaration of Independence. In addition to the Declaration of Principles, the Seneca Falls Convention also asserted that women should have the right to preach, to be educated, to teach, and to earn a living. The Delegates passed a resolution stating that "it is the sacred duty of the women of this country to secure to themseles the sacred right to the elective franchise." It was these words that began the struggle to win full voting rights for women in the United States.
The most influential leaders of the women's rights movement were eliabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, who formed the National Women Suffrage Association in May of 1869. The efforts of the women's suffrage organization allowed women to have a voice in politics. Women were challenging the conventional belief that women's proper sphere of influence was domestic.
The womens suffrage movement in the United States achieved its goal of winning full voting rights for women when the nineteenth amendment was ratified in 1920. While women had finally won voting rights, they did not really begin to have access to most political offes until the 1970's.
Abolition Movement
From the 1830's until 1870, the abolitionist movemen attempted to achieve immediate emancipation of all slaves and the ending of racial segregation and discrimination.
The American Colonization Society was founded in 1817. It led antislavery protests during the early 1800's. Its goal was to send the free slaves to Liberia, Africa. The abolition movement slowly went throughout the Northern United States, even though the southern states didn't want that to happen.
In early 1831, William Lloyd Garrison began publishing his famous newspaper, the Liberator, supported largely by free African-Americans, who played a major role in the movement. In December 1833, The tappans, Garrison, and sixty other delegates of both races and genders met to found the American Anti-Slavery Society, which denounced slavery as a sin that must be abolished immediately.
Antislavery began in the colonial days in the United States.
Lucretia Coffin Mott was also a notable abolitionist and was known then for her speaking abilities. She became strongly against slavery. She began to support William Lloyd Garrison and his American Anti-Slavery Society.
In early 1831, William Lloyd Garrison began publishing his famous newspaper, the Liberator, supported largely by free African-Americans, who played a major role in the movement. In December 1833, The tappans, Garrison, and sixty other delegates of both races and genders met to found the American Anti-Slavery Society, which denounced slavery as a sin that must be abolished immediately.
Antislavery began in the colonial days in the United States.
Lucretia Coffin Mott was also a notable abolitionist and was known then for her speaking abilities. She became strongly against slavery. She began to support William Lloyd Garrison and his American Anti-Slavery Society.
It was in 1863 that the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution got rid of slavery in the country.
The Temperance Movement
The temperance movement of the 19th and early 20th century was an organized effort to encourage moderation in the consumption of intoxicating liquors or press for complete abstinence. Alcohol was blamed for many of society's problems; health problems, destitution and crime.
Some of the most notable figures associated with the U.S. Temperance movement were Susan B. Anthony, Frances E. Willard and Carry A. nation. The effects of their efforts and thousands of other advocates included:
Government regulation
Instruction on alcohol in schools
Energized study of alcoholism
Some of the most notable figures associated with the U.S. Temperance movement were Susan B. Anthony, Frances E. Willard and Carry A. nation. The effects of their efforts and thousands of other advocates included:
Government regulation
Instruction on alcohol in schools
Energized study of alcoholism
The temperance movement crested when the 18th amendment to the constitution was passed and ratified. The most well-known temperance effort since the movements initiation has been Alcoholics Anonymous
While some reforms took longer than others to conquer, I think it is safe to say that the Women's Suffrage movement and The Abolitition movement were set in place to improve the current conditions at that time and to make a change. The Temperance movement, however, wasn't much of a movement to improve or change cruel and or negative conditions, it was merely just an effort to encourage moderation in the consumption of alcohol.
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The Abolition Movement. Web.
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The Temperance Movement. Web.
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