HIST 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Seneca Falls Convention, Sylvester Graham, Lowell Mill Girls
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Buffalo to lake erie then to ohio, mich: farmers living along the canal can have more business with deal brokers. Production for external markets, not just local. Single women also older women: advantages, learning skills ii. Independence: financial and emotional independence, disadvantages, tedious, dangerous, cut wages, speed up line, not leverage, replicable, health (breathe in cotton fibers), older women bring kids to work (no education), avg. 14 hour work day, 6 days a week then domestic work at home. Ripple effect: emergence of entrepreneurial middle class. What are common characteristics/beliefs of reform movements? (rights) What are reformers goals/tactics? (how do they do it?) Population growth & city growth within 15-20 years. Religious revivals: antebellum reform ideology, second great awakening (1800-1850, religion appealing to the heart, an emotional experience, evil-repentance- overcome by guilt: intense experience, offers an explanation of their changing society, common characteristics a.
