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Reform Movements and Reformers
The men and women who led the reform movement were known as reformers.
They wanted to expand the nation's ideals of liberty and equality to all Americans.
They believed the nation should live up to the noble goals stated in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
The spirit of reform brought changes to American religion, politics, education, art and literature.
Leaders
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton: organized the Seneca Falls Convention
Sojourner Truth: spoke out against racial and gender inequalities
“Ain’t I a woman”
Susan B. Anthony: promoted women’s rights
Mary Church Terrell: championed racial equality and women's suffrage
Margaret Fuller: wanted women to be educated to improve their lives
Seneca Falls Convention: convention held to promote women’s rights.
The Declaration of Sentiments was written at the convention and detailed beliefs about social injustice toward women.
Abolitionism
Abolitionism
Leaders
Leaders
Sojourner Truth: former slave, traveled around the country preaching the truth about slavery and women’s rights.
Frederick Douglass: escaped from slavery, influenced people through his writings and speeches
William L. Garrison: publisher of the The Liberator (anti-slavery newspaper), for the Abolitionist cause
Harriet Tubman: an escaped slave, led her family and more than 300 slaves to freedom. Tubman was a famous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad
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