Coretta Scott King - Civil rights leader
Dorothea Lynde Dix - Improved treatment for those with mental illness.
Eunice Mary Kennedy Shriver - Started the Special Olympics, mental health activist
Gloria Steinem - Feminist
Harriet Tubman - Abolitionist
Susan Brownell Anthony - Fought for the right of women to vote.
The social reformers championed for the women's rights that helped in the upliftment of the women.
middle-class men and women
Olive Gilbert has written: 'Narrative of Sojourner Truth' -- subject- s -: Biography, African American abolitionists, Abolitionists, Social reformers 'Narrative of Sojourner Truth' -- subject- s -: Social reformers, African American abolitionists, Women social reformers, Abolitionists, Women's rights, Women abolitionists, African Americans, Biography 'Narrative of Sojourner Truth - American Negro, His History and Literature -' 'Narrative of Sojourner Truth' -- subject- s -: Social reformers, African American abolitionists, Women social reformers, Abolitionists, Women's rights, Women abolitionists, African Americans, Biography 'Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a bondswoman of olden time' -- subject- s -: Biography, Social reformers, African American abolitionists, Women social reformers, Black Women, Abolitionists, African American women, Women abolitionists 'Narrative of Sojourner Truth' -- subject- s -: African American abolitionists, Slaves, Biography, Slavery, Abolitionists, African American women, African Americans, Social reformers, History
Wendy Hamand Venet has written: 'A strong-minded woman' -- subject(s): Biography, Newspaper editors, Nurses, Orators, Social reformers, Suffragists, Temperance, Women newspaper editors, Women orators, Women social reformers
well in the late 1800s women were able to go get a an education so that is how women got education
tempernance
social reformers names who worked for women development
By giving them a voice
Some reformers turned to the issue of women's rights because they believed that women, like men, had important contributions to make to American society. These reformers, who believed in an utopian society, believed every was equally capable to advance society.
Women went from homebound producers to wage-earning consumers to political and social reformers
Sarala Devi Chaudhurani has written: 'The scattered leaves of my life' -- subject(s): Social reformers, Biography, Women social reformers, Nationalists
woman suffrage