19th Century Reformers
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- A leader in the women's rights movement.
- Participated in the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848.
- The architect and author of the movement's most important strategies and documents.
- Famous speech named Solitude of Self.
Elihu Burritt
- Apprenticed at a local blacksmith
- Studied mathematics.
- Author of over 37 books and articles.
- Focused on humanitarian causes.
Robert Owen
- Strived to improve the health, education, well-being, and rights of the working class.
- Influenced reformers.
- Many of his views are relevant today.
Dorothea Dix
- Social reformer for the treatment of the mentally ill.
- Had half of the U.S. inspecting institutions for mistreatment.
William Lloyd Garrison
- Joined the Abolitionist movement at 25 years old
- Worked for the Newburyport Herald as a writer and editor
- Author of The Liberator
Horace Mann
- Served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
- Education reformer.
- Helped create the nation's first board of education. Served as its secretary.
Neal Dow
- Crusader for the cause of temperance and prohibition.
- Formed the Maine Temperance Union in 1838.
- Pushed the legislature for the passage of a prohibitory law. He succeeded after he was named mayor of Portland.
Dr. Sylvester Graham
- Lectured and published books on diet and proper living.
- Influenced many to limit their diets.
- Created the graham cracker.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
- American lecturer and poet.
- Led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.
- More than 1,500 lectures in the United States.