1. Reforming Spirit Opposing Slavery A Call for Women’s Rights

2. REFORM MOVEMENTS in the mid 1800s ProblemSolution Mistreatment of the Mentally illNew hospitals built. Poor prison conditionsBetter prisons built, cruel punishments outlawed, debtors no longer treated as criminals. Alcohol AbuseTemperance Movement, sale of alcohol banned in some states. Limited educational opportunities Public schools were built, colleges opened for teacher training, schools opened for deaf and blind.

3. FAMOUSABOLITIONISTS Harriet TubmanEscaped slave and Conductor on the Underground Railroad. Frederick DouglassEscaped slave and Publisher of the North Star, an antislavery newspaper. Angelina and Sarah GrimkeDaughters of slave owners, gave speeches against slavery. William Lloyd GarrisonPublisher of the Liberator, an antislavery newspaper.

4. CAUSE Women lack the right to vote, own property, and to keep their wages CAUSE Women who supported the antislavery movement found their actions to be limited. EFFECTS Women’s rights leaders demand equal rights for women in education, careers, and the right to vote. Leaders gave speeches. More schools opened for women, more legal rights extended, and women entered male dominate careers