SSUSH13A thru E Women Activists Create Change Elizabeth C. Stanton Susan B. Anthony Frances E. Willard Jane Addams Lillian Wald Ida Tarbell
Early Civil Rights Activists Elizabeth C. Stanton 1815-1902 POB: New York (8 th of 11 Children) Father: Attorney, Congressman, Judge, and Slave Owner Education: Johnstown Academy, NY Troy Female Seminary, NY Profession: None (Full Time Activist) Marriage: Henry B. Stanton (1840-1887) Susan B. Anthony 1820-1906 POB: Massachusetts (2 nd of 7 Children) Father: Cotton Manufacturer, Businessman, Abolitionist Education: Group Home School Female Seminary, PA Profession: Educator and Activist Death due to Heart Failure at Age 87 Death due to Pneumonia at Age 86
Early Civil Rights Activists Elizabeth C. Stanton 1815-1902 Husband was an Abolitionist Susan B. Anthony 1820-1906 Father was an Abolitionist 1830 s 1840 s: Both ladies were active in Abolitionist & Temperance Movements (Being acquainted with Frederick Douglass) 1848: Organized the Women s Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, NY 1849: Became Secretary of the Daughters of Temperance 1852-1853: Organized the New York Women s Temperance Society 1866: Worked together to Organize the American Equal Rights Association (Failure to include women in the 15 th Amendment caused rift in Civil Rights) 1869: Together they founded the National Woman Suffrage Association 1890: Organized Merger of the National American Woman Suffrage Association
Temperance Leader Frances E. Willard 1839-1898 POB: New York (2 nd of 3 Children) Father: Farmer, Naturalist, and (Free-Spoiler) Politician Education: Milwaukee Normal Institute Northwestern Female College Profession: Educator and Journalist Muckraker Ida M. Tarbell 1857-1944 POB: Pennsylvania (Siblings Unknown) Father: Carpenter and Oil Refiner Mother: School Teacher Education: Titusville High School, PA Allegheny College, PA Profession: Educator and Journalist Death due to Influenza at Age 59 Death due to Pneumonia at Age 87
Temperance Leader Frances E. Willard 1839-1898 1871-1874 President of Evanston College for Ladies (Ill) 1874: Founding Member of the Woman s Christian Temperance Union 1879: Elected President of the Woman s Christian Temperance Union 1885: Founding Member of the Illinois Woman s Press Association 1888: First President of the National Council of Woman of the U.S. 1892-1898: Founder & Editor of WCTU s Magazine The Union Signal Muckraker Ida M. Tarbell 1857-1944 1876-1878 Teacher at Poland Union Seminary (OH) 1878: Writer for Education Publisher The Chautauquan in New York 1886: Became Managing Editor for The Chautauquan in New York 1890-93: Studied & Wrote in France 1893: Hired as a Journalist and Editor for McClure s Magazine 1900-02: Research on Standard Oil and John D. Rockefeller 1904: History of Standard Oil
Settlement House Reformers POB: Illinois (9 th of 9 Children) Father: Businessman, Banker, State Senator Jane Addams 1860-1935 Education: Rockford Female Seminary Women s Medical College Profession: None (Full Time Activist) Lillian D. Wald 1867-1940 POB: Ohio (Siblings Unknown) Father: Optical Dealer Education: Local Boarding School NY School of Nursing Profession: Nurse and Teacher Death due to Cancer at Age 75 Death due to Brain Tumor at Age 73
Settlement House Reformers Jane Addams 1860-1935 Spinal Operation Required Recovery (1883 1887) 1887-1888: Inspired by a visit to the first Settlement House in London, England (Toynbee Hall) 1889: Co-Founded the Hull House Settlement with College Friend and Partner Ellen Gates Starr 1889-1907: 13 Buildings were added to included Kitchen, School, Bathhouse, Library, Gymnasium, and Music, Art, & Drama Programs Hull House served public until 1960 s Lillian D. Wald 1867-1940 Worked at New York s Juvenile Asylum (Early 1890 s) 1892-1893: Inspired by her work caring for the sick on the Lower East Side as a Public Health Nurse in NY 1895: Founded the Henry Street Settlement with Assistance from Jewish Philanthropist Jacob Schiff 1895-1902: Additional Buildings added to included Kitchen, Classrooms, Clinics, Meeting Rooms, Gymnasium, Nurses Residences, and Playgrounds Henry House still serves public today