important women
Who made the first school that was allowed for women?
Emma Willard
Who helped mentally ill people?
Dorothea Dix
When were girls or women allowed to go to school?
Mid 1800s.
Why did he Irish immigrants fled to the U.S?
The Irish immigrants fled because of a disease.
Who organized a anti-slavery convention with her husband?
Lucretia Mott
What were conditions like for prisoners?
overcrowded rooms, prisoners were treated the same, had to pay for food and lodging
Why were women and girls not allowed to go to school?
Women and girls were portrayed as housewives and weak, people thought they weren’t capable enough of getting an education.
Why were the Irish Immigrants blamed a lot for the alcohol abuse?
They were getting jobs so they started to consume a lot of alcohol
was a big part In the creation of the "Declaration of Sentiments"?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
What did Dorothea do to help mentally ill people?
she went go across the country to get evidence of how mentally ill people were treated and how to help them
What state passed the first state law in the nation requiring children to attend school for at least 12 weeks out of the year?
Massachusetts.
They passed a law to make punishments for people drinking