HIS271Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Seneca Falls Convention, American Temperance Society
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Antebellum social developments: the age of revivalism & reform. By 1815 the american population had increased by over 50: overwhelmingly white, protestant english, scottish, or scotch- African americans constituted 20% of the population. Native americans were not included in american censuses. More than 5 million people come to america between 1815 and 1820. A pattern is established in which irish immigrants are pitted against other immigrants and free blacks in jobs, housing, status, etc. For a time there was a movement of young women into the labour force: these women began to engage in labour agitation and adopt actions which started to enter them into the political realm. American born women (and immigrant women) are largely excluded from the public and political life prior to working in the mills. Public virtue became a large part of the women"s sphere in the post- revolutionary sphere. Elizabeth cady stanton and susan b. anthony lead convention.
