Women and Reform Efforts in the 19th Century

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Please read the following selection and then answer question 1 in the space provided.

Female Industry Association, from the New York Herald (1845)

Next read the following selections and then answer questions 2 through 4 in the space provided.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Declaration of Sentiments (1848)

“Early Habits of Industry,” The Mother’s Magazine (1834)

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How does this piece challenge the roles assigned to women in the 19th century? How does the reporting reveal the bias of the author?

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What role did women play in the various reform efforts?

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How are women portrayed differently in these two pieces?

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How could the same culture give rise to both an ideology of women's separate social roles and the notion of women's equality?

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