American History
Chapter 17,The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-18601. Dorothea Dix- (1802-1887) A tireless reformer, she worked mightily to improve the treatment of the mentally ill. At the outbreak of the Civil War she was appointed superintendent of women nurses for the Union forces.2. Joseph Smith- (1830) He constituted the book of Mormon, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) was launched. He established a religious oligarchy. 3. Brigham Young- (1850s) Stern and austere he proved to be an aggressive leader, an eloquent preacher, and a gifted administrator. Determined to escape persecution, Young in 1846-1847 led his oppressed and despoiled Latter-Day Saints over vast rolling plains to Utah as they sang "Come, Come, Ye Saints." 4. Elizabeth Cady Stanton- (1848) A mother of seven who had insisted on leaving "obey" out of her marriage ceremony, shocked fellow feminists
She became such a conspicuous advocate of female rights that progressive women everywhere were called "Suzy Bs. Finney abandoned that bar to become an evangelist after a deeply moving conversion. Charles G Finney- (1830-1831) was the greatest of the revival preachers. If he did not invent the modern detective model, he atleast set new high standards in tales like "The Gold Bug. His fresh and charming tales were immediately popular. Whitman's defiant break with traditional poetic concerns and style, which was a major influence on American thought and literature. Anthony- (1840) A militant lecturer for women's rights, fearlessly exposed herself to rotten garbage and vulgar epithets. Walt Whitman- (1819-1892) Bold, brassy, and swaggering was an American poet, whose work asserts the worth of the individual and the oneness of all humanity. Washington Irving- (1783-1859) The first American to win international recognition as a literary figure. James Fenimore Cooper- (1789-1851) was the first American novelist to gain world fame and to make New World themes respectable. Robert Owen- (1825) Seeking human betterment, a wealthy and idealistic Scottish textile manufacturer, Robert Owen, founded in 1825 a communal society of about a thousand people at New Harmony, Indiana.
Common topics in this essay:
Walt Whitman-,
South Seas,
Allen Poe-,
Susan Anthony-,
Brigham Young-,
Cady Stanton-,
Emerson Unitarian,
York City,
Lucretia Mott-,
Charles Finney-,
latter-day saints,
literary figure,
ralph waldo,
american novelist,
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