key words republican motherhood separate sphere margaret fuller american female moral reform society dorothea dix catherine beecher harriet beecher stowe seneca falls convention susan b anthony 2 options thursday come to room 423 at 5:30 he will give us a free absence back (erase an absence) add two points to midterm grade women become more and more a part of american history in a very outward sense the role of the good white woman was that of the republican mother, stay at home and teach children about the value of liberty, republicanism, government women stayed at home because their sphere was the home and family women from early american history, betsy ross - made the american flag abagail adams - embodiment of republican motherhood, raised JQA to become a president idea was to stay at home, cook, clean, take care of help and family women did run in their own circles such as quilting and other things they got in on the second great awakening and had a significant part in it allowed them to get out of the house idea of reform in the SGA, women became leaders of many reform leaders margaret fuller - pretty much first feminist, wrote "women in the 19th century", new ideas like equality between men and women AFMRS created by Finney, prevented women from being preyed upon, setup halfway houses to get them back on their feet, tried to eliminate double standards, protect single women Dix wanted to help the mentally ill, the jailed, and the poor by improving conditions, reform those that cause problems, get rid of problems used abstinence pledges to help control population of those that can't take care of themselves and to hit the prostitution industry Beecher was a large proponent of improving education by moving the republican mother into the classroom to teach this put women out in society and started merging spheres Stowe wrote uncle tom's cabin (life among the lowly), blatant shot at slavery, women becoming involved in the abolitionist movement because of reform and they somewhat identify with the slaves as subservients that want to be equal angelina and sarah grimkey, crusaded for equal civic rights and abolition women come together at the seneca falls convention to talk about changing gender roles and ending separate spheres, equality reforms happening today: african americans and women in government, gay rights the rest of the class is going to be dedicated to talking about slavery and how it continues or gets ended biggest moment in american history, gobs of people die to say, you will not have slavery on this continent