1. Antebellum Women

2. Scarlett O’Hara – Gone With the Wind -Started out as dependant on men -Couldn’t do much, including dressing herself -Became more independent when all the men went to war -Managed Tara on her own http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/Print/ababgwtw/images/scarlett.JPG

3. Separate Spheres Men – work, bring home the money, manage businesses and make decisions for family Women – more pious, pure, gentle, took care of household decisions, raising children.

4. Since women were raising sons, and sons needed to be educated it would sand to reason that women needed at least a basic education Fought for right to go to college. Catherine Beecher – Sister to Harriet Beecher (Stowe) -Oldest of 13 children. When mother died, she took over managing the household. -Married, but husband dies at sea. She used her inheritance to start the Hartford Female Seminary in 1823.

5. First Female Doctor -Elizabeth Blackwell -Born in England -Rejected by 16 medical Schools -Accepted by Geneva Medical College in New York.

6. Women of wealth didn’t have to work but they wanted to be educated. Once educated, they took their spare time and helped those less fortunate. Settlement houses were begun all over the country. One of the most famous was Hull House Hull House - Chicago

7. Why was there a need for settlement houses?

9. Information on Catherine Beecher - http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dav4is/people/BEEC126.htm http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dav4is/people/BEEC126.htm Information on Elizabeth Blackwell – http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/elizabethblackwell.htm http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/elizabethblackwell.htm Hull House - http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/urbanexp/contents.htmhttp://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/urbanexp/contents.htm