The Role Women Played in the Social Reform Movements of the Antebellum Period

The role of women in the prewar social reform campaign Understanding the lives and roles of women in the United States is the basis for understanding the entire prewar period in the United States. Between 1820 and 1870, a powerful and extensive discussion in the United States showed the role of women and their appropriate occupations outside the home even at home, becoming the working class. But this is still time for women. We encourage them to be pure, responsible, family members, and to comply with male and governmental demands.

Purpose: Let students understand the concepts of reform in general, and give students a comprehensive understanding on prewar reforms from 1820 to 1850. Basic question: What are the major reform movements and their goals before the war? Homework: Students read the textbook chapters on classroom reform. Activities in the classroom: Goal: To make students understand the uniqueness of the abolitionism compared to other reactions to slavery. Let the students clearly express the various reasons that support the abolition movement, its influence (a few believers), and the reaction to it. Basic question: What is the abolitionism? What kind of society - economy - political situation is the abolitionistic reaction? How will social change movement develop and change? Background lecture: Discuss the history of other anti-slavery including Quaker, gradualism, colonization, abolition

During the war before the civil war, there were several powers that shaped and transformed the American society, making the society today a reality. Meanwhile anti-slavery movement, social reform, and women's rights movement were all forces that reorganized the American society. The struggle between women and slaves, and social reform have greatly changed our society. The problem of slavery is always present in the elderly in America; people finally began doing something with the help of slaves. People (including women), like the others, are human beings, began fighting for the rights and freedom of slavery, claimed that it is unconstitutional to refuse freedom. The American anti-slavery association is an abolished society established by William Lloyd Garrison. This society usually sponsors the conference, signs anti slavery petitions, and prints publicity to promote anti-slavery.