a. Choices – temperance (moderate use) or legislation i. Women’s usage actually decreases D. Jails – not just punishment but help “penitentiaries” (penance) or “correctional facilities” E. Mentally ill – Dorothea Dix – better treatment living
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The reform movement during this era consisted of numerous events. Jackson put into action a new prison “correctional” system that helped young delinquents rather than punishing them which was created by Dorothea Dix. He also eliminated the elites in politics and this created a rise in the middle class. This rise of the middle class gave fair and equal opportunities to everyone and people were being elected by popular vote and not by being appointed. A veto
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Aaron Philbrick The Reform Movement 1: Temperance: moderation of self‚ restraint in action‚ statement and self-control or PROHIBITION. Americans were worried about the effects of alcohol. 1st. This movement first urged people to stop drinking hard liquor and limit drinking beer and wine to small amounts. Later the movement wanted to ban the sale of alcohol-banning became a major goal‚ it was banned in the 18th Amendment‚ which was later repealed by the 21st Amendment. 2: Women’s
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War‚ it affects the world and everybody involved; the soldiers‚ government‚ and citizens. Most people only focus on the impact of it on the soldiers‚ but never take the time to think how it impacted the women at home and on the battlefield. The idea of a woman’s role in society has been ever-changing‚ and still is to this day. There was always a sense among women that they lacked in jobs and respect when compared to their male counterparts‚ but society never saw it‚ until the outbreak of the Civil
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The knowledge of the foundation and history of nursing provides a context to understand current practice is by‚ recognizing the nursing theories and framework set up prior nurses. We learn from Florence Nightingale‚ Dorothea Lynde Dix‚ Mary Mahoney‚ and other great nursing professionals of nursing practices performed in the past and how it evolved overtime. For example Florence Nightingale’s ascertainment and research contributed to development of environmental theory. It states‚ “the incidence of
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As our new nation progressed‚ so too did the roles of women. They went from working at home fulfilling domestic needs to factories where they would slave for over fourteen hours a day. Even though the work was hard‚ women were now making their own money and playing a more dominant role in society. Therefore‚ they often fought for suffrage‚ abolishment of slavery‚ and temperance. The seed for women’s rights had been planted‚ but it would take nearly 100 years for it to start prospering. However‚ women
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1. Who were the transcendentalists? What was their philosophy? How did they express it in literature? 2. How did the transcendentalists attempt to apply their beliefs to the problems of everyday life at Brook Farm? What was the result? 3. What other utopian schemes were put forth during this period? How did these utopian societies propose to reorder society to create a better way of life? 4. How did the antebellum utopian communities attempt to redefine gender roles? Which communities
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The antebellum market revolution transformed a subsistence economy of scattered farms and tiny workshops into a national network of industry and commerce. In other words‚ it took the work that most people did in their homes‚ and made them more efficient through factories. On the other hand‚ the Second Great Awakening was a religious revival characterized by emotional mass “camp meetings” and widespread conversion. It influenced many things including the women’s movement. Although women were still
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Paper Nursing 4. Clara Barton’s Penknife a. Clara Barton was a nurse for the wounded soldiers of the North during the civil war. She used her penknife to dig bullets out of wounded soldiers on the field. She would go on to found the Red Cross. 5. Dorothea Dix’s
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minor criminals‚ debtors‚ and murderers (Brinkley). Those who were neither in jail‚ nor locked away at home‚ suffered in “hospitals” or institutions where they were most often abused as a form of ‘treatment’(Tomes). Before the reforms spurred by Dorothea Dix in asylum culture‚ not much headway was made on the subject of mental illness. Fortunately‚ throughout these reforms in the nineteenth century‚ the prior social traditions in America toward people with mental illnesses changed‚ allowing for
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