1. Reforms in the Mid- 1800s

2. Women’s Reforms  To gain a political voice, women advocated:  Abolition  Women’s Rights (voting, property, etc.)  Temperance  Education Reform  Health Reform

3. Seneca Falls Convention  Women’s rights convention in 1848, located in Seneca Falls, NY.  300 women and men attended  Created Declaration of Sentiments  Statement of grievances  Modeled after the Declaration

4. Declaration of Sentiments  What was the purpose of this Document?  List what you think are the 5 biggest Issues Women are declaring against Man  How is this document similar to the Declaration of Independence?

5. The Changing Workplace  Early manufacturing: produced materials, put together in homes, then given back to manufactures to sell  Changing Manufacturing: workers moved from out of their rural homes and into factory towns  Ie. Lowell

6. Lowell Mill  Women hired b/c paid lower  Bad working conditions  14 hour work days  Bad light, ventilation, horrible heat  Overworked  Wage cuts  Girls finally went on strike in 1834  Strikes failed, but beginning of fight for labor rights

7. Push for Labor Rights  Skilled and unskilled workers pushed for better conditions in 1830s  Usually strikes were broken by employers replacing strikers with immigrants, coming from MUCH worse conditions in Europe  1854 – National Trades’ Union formed to protect workers rights.  Not overly successful, but shows change in society.