Feb 15, 2008

Social Reform: "Northern Middle Class Women, 1776-1876" (1981 DBQ)

The sources for this DBQ are organized in 5 sections.
Each section is printed in bold letters below.

Assignment: Please write a paragraph summary following each section of sources. Begin each section with the phrase in italics below the section. Use evidence from the sources in each of your paragraphs.

Document Group A-E: The Impact of the Revolutionary Era
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Women at the time of the American Revolution...

Document Group F-H: The Impact of Industrialization.
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Early nineteenth century industrialization changed the roles of women by...

Document Group I-K: The Ideals of Femininity:
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Ideals of femininity in the antebellum period...

Document Group L-N: Education and Women:
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Women were encouraged to be teachers but...

Document Group O-R: The First Woman's Rights Movement:
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Women organizers of the mid 1800's...