Women and the Fight for Reform Women in the late 19th century‚ except in the few western states where they could vote‚ were denied much of a role in the governing process. Nonetheless‚ educated the middle-class women saw themselves as a morally uplifting force and went on to be reformers. Jane Addams opened the social settlement of Hull House in 1889. It offered an array of services to help the poor deal with slum housing‚ disease‚ crowding‚ jobless‚ infant mortality‚ and
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believe that the economic‚ political‚ and social changes happening in society were undermining individual morality‚ the ability of communities to prosper‚ and the integrity of the family. This drove the push for moral reform all over the country. While many of these reforms were brought on by religious movements‚ some were secular in nature dealing with school improvements‚ abolitionism‚ and the rehabilitation of the criminal population. Each one of these movements shaped the American society in their
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Michael Morelli 06 November 2012 The Roots of the 1920’s Social Life The Great War was very essential in providing the stepping stones into life during the 1920s as well as maintaining effects on the social atmosphere. In late 1918‚ the Great War had come to an end with the Allies achieving victory. This war had supposedly been the war to end all wars‚ and this victory brought confidence back home to the Americans. American troops came home at the end of 1918‚ and they came home to an America
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new social movements? Briefly discuss the various new social movements in India? Ans. INTRODUCTION All societies undergo changes. In some cases these may be gradual‚ i.e.‚ spread over a long period of time. In others they may be rapid. Social change‚ as we know by now‚ does not take place merely by chance or due to some factors predetermined by fate. There are several forces operating simultaneously in society‚ which bring about change. Some of these may be external to social institutions
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Women‚ back before the new women movement of the 1920’s‚ accepted their role as simply wives and mothers. They stayed in the house and kept the home in order. Women did not attend college‚ speak out of political issues regarding what they wanted to see change and were not seen as capable of being equal to men. As the times progressed‚ women saw the progressive movements of the 1890’s take place and decided to take action. Their main concern centered
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The Reform Movement is a collection of social reform movements that emerged throughout the 1820’s and 1830’s. Factors driving these movements were the growth of urbanization‚ changes in labor‚ immigration and emergence of a new middle class. The main driving factor was the religious fervor that swept middle class America and was characterized by the need for large scale provisions for the needy‚ a belief in the basic goodness of human nature and the reformers moralistic dogmatism. All these factors
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The reform movements in the United States of the years 1825-1850 were intended to expand democratic ideals – those of equality and justice for man. While many did accomplish this‚ such as the educational‚ disciplinary‚ educational‚ feminist and abolitionist movements‚ reforms revolving around governmentally-controlled religion and temperance‚ utopias‚ and nativism ultimately limited the overall democratic ideals of society. The Second Great Awakening inspired many movements that truly did further
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Educational Reform Movement In the early 1800s education in American wasn ’t the best. Most schools were small and only went for 6 weeks because the children worked on their family farms. Other‚ more wealthy‚ children would have a tutor in their homes or they would be sent to a private school. The children that did go to school would sit in a one room building with 60 other children. The teachers also didn ’t have much training and has limited knowledge to teach the children. They also received
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The Progressive Era‚ which lasted from 1900 to 1918‚ was a time in which the American government and its people aimed to improve their economic status and to correct injustices of their country. Here are the ten leading reform movements: 1. Civil Rights After the Civil War‚ some would have expected that racism would have stopped but unfortunately‚ that didn’t happened. Racism still existed in the American society in the stated era therefore civil rights organizations‚ most made for African-Americans
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