Second Great Awakening Dbq Analysis
Alissa Cooper
Period 1
December 20, 2010
In a time period where change was inevitable and rapid, the revolutionizing image of females as a gender sky rocketed from the events during 1815-1860. The Second Great Awakening embarked on a rebellion against issues that had been overlooked by some, and disregarded by others for years. Issues included prison reform, the temper cause, the crusade to abolish slavery and most significantly, the women’s movement. The thing that sparked women’s movement through the Second Great Awakening was the fact that middle class women, the wives and daughters of businessmen, were huge enthusiasts of religious revivalism. Making up the majority of new church members, it became the feminization of religion. Charles …show more content…
Mrs. M. (a content woman, fond of society) was convinced by another Christian woman to see him. At first the girl was doubtful of his interference and also feared of a revival, but after prayer she settled into a joyous faith. He claims that “from that moment, she was out-spoken in her religious convictions and zealous for the conversion of her friends” (Document A) This just shows female eagerness over man to adapt to being faithful. Off of that enthusiasm they branched into saving the rest of society, doing things such as forming charitable organizations. But this was only the beginning of feminization in America… After the excitement of the revival, art colleges and state supported universities were formed. On the other hand, women’s education was looked down upon in early 1800’s. In the 1820’s though, women schools at the secondary level became respected and finally in 1837 Ohio opened it doors to both genders at Oberlin College. Ridiculous theories still were considered and implied though, saying that too much learning would injure the female brain and it made women unfit to be a bride. That was an aspect that quickly changed once the …show more content…
In a letter from a Lowell mill girl in 1844, she describes her work schedule, which occasionally ranged to 13 hours in the factory per day. Although provided breaks, she states the girls’ annoyed beliefs saying that “laboring girls can say, who think nothing is more tedious than a factory life.” (Document B) An opportunity for women in the workplace was still extremely rare, but becoming more known. Still under the impression of becoming a ideal bride, women worked before marriage and then became housewives/mothers. In the family, women were also becoming in charge of a new trend, a child centered environment. This differed from in the past where childhood was short and tough. During the Age of Reform, middle class women played a big part in the reform crusades, finding it as a way to get out of the house and enter public affairs. Not only was the reform about evangelists and the market revolution, but criminal codes and laws were lightened, mocking the European practices. A problem that was brought to Dorothea Dix (the superintendent of women nurses, and an opinionated reformer) that those diagnosed of mental illnesses was being treated with superior cruelty. Carrying this awareness with her and trying to put a stop to it, she
Period 1
December 20, 2010
In a time period where change was inevitable and rapid, the revolutionizing image of females as a gender sky rocketed from the events during 1815-1860. The Second Great Awakening embarked on a rebellion against issues that had been overlooked by some, and disregarded by others for years. Issues included prison reform, the temper cause, the crusade to abolish slavery and most significantly, the women’s movement. The thing that sparked women’s movement through the Second Great Awakening was the fact that middle class women, the wives and daughters of businessmen, were huge enthusiasts of religious revivalism. Making up the majority of new church members, it became the feminization of religion. Charles …show more content…
Mrs. M. (a content woman, fond of society) was convinced by another Christian woman to see him. At first the girl was doubtful of his interference and also feared of a revival, but after prayer she settled into a joyous faith. He claims that “from that moment, she was out-spoken in her religious convictions and zealous for the conversion of her friends” (Document A) This just shows female eagerness over man to adapt to being faithful. Off of that enthusiasm they branched into saving the rest of society, doing things such as forming charitable organizations. But this was only the beginning of feminization in America… After the excitement of the revival, art colleges and state supported universities were formed. On the other hand, women’s education was looked down upon in early 1800’s. In the 1820’s though, women schools at the secondary level became respected and finally in 1837 Ohio opened it doors to both genders at Oberlin College. Ridiculous theories still were considered and implied though, saying that too much learning would injure the female brain and it made women unfit to be a bride. That was an aspect that quickly changed once the …show more content…
In a letter from a Lowell mill girl in 1844, she describes her work schedule, which occasionally ranged to 13 hours in the factory per day. Although provided breaks, she states the girls’ annoyed beliefs saying that “laboring girls can say, who think nothing is more tedious than a factory life.” (Document B) An opportunity for women in the workplace was still extremely rare, but becoming more known. Still under the impression of becoming a ideal bride, women worked before marriage and then became housewives/mothers. In the family, women were also becoming in charge of a new trend, a child centered environment. This differed from in the past where childhood was short and tough. During the Age of Reform, middle class women played a big part in the reform crusades, finding it as a way to get out of the house and enter public affairs. Not only was the reform about evangelists and the market revolution, but criminal codes and laws were lightened, mocking the European practices. A problem that was brought to Dorothea Dix (the superintendent of women nurses, and an opinionated reformer) that those diagnosed of mental illnesses was being treated with superior cruelty. Carrying this awareness with her and trying to put a stop to it, she