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What does it mean to be an abolitionist? When did it begin?
the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.
From the 1830s until 1870, the abolitionist movement attempted to achieve immediate emancipation of all slaves and the ending of racial segregation and discrimination. Their propounding of these goals distinguished abolitionists from the broad-based political opposition to slavery's westward expansion that took form in the North after 1840 and raised issues leading to the Civil W -
Sarah and Angelina Grimke
Sisters Sarah Grimké and Angelina Grimké Weld were abolitionists and women's rights activists from South Carolina. After being raised by a slaveholder in Charleston, South Carolina, Sarah and Angelina moved to Philadelphia in 1819 due to their strong opposition to slavery. In 1835, Angelina wrote a letter against slavery that William Lloyd Garrison published in his abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator.
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Abolitionist Sojurner Truth
Am I a WomanwSojourner Truth was born in 1797 as Isabella, a Dutch-speaking slave in rural New York. Separated from her family at age nine, she was sold several times before ending up on the farm of John and Sally Dumont. As was the case for most slaves in the rural North, Isabella lived isolated from other African Americans, and she suffered from physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her masters. -
Rose O'Neil Greenhow
Born in Port Tobacco, Maryland, as a teenager O’Neal moved from her family’s Maryland farm to aunt’s fashionable boardinghouse in Washington, D.C. Personable intelligent, and outgoing, she adapted easily to the social scene of the capital, and people in Washington’s highest circles opened their doors to her. Regard as a beautiful, ambitious seductive woman, she disappointed an army of suitors by marrying Dr. Robert Greenhow, an influential, learned man under whose tutelage she flourished. -
Rose Greenhow
Among their friends were presidents, senators, high-ranking military officers, and less important people from all walks of life, many of whom played knowing or unknowing roles in the espionage ring she organized in 1861. One of her closest companions had been John C. Calhoun, whose political instruction sealed Rose’s identification with and loyalty to Southern interest. -
Rose as a Spy
That summer Jefferson Davis sent her to Europe as a courier. She stayed there collecting diplomatic intelligence and writing her memoirs until recalled in 1864, apparently bearing dispatches urgent to the Confederacy. -
Clara Barton
the youngest of 5 children in a middle class family, Barton was educated at home and at 15 started teaching schools. Her most notable antebellum achievement was the establishment of a free public school in Bordentown, N.J. Though she is remember as the founder of the American Red Cross, her only prewar medical experience came when for two years she nurse an invalid brother. -
Clara and her work
In 1861 Barton was living in Washington, D.C., working at the U.S. Patent Office. When the 6th Massachusetts Regiment arrived in the city after the Baltimore Riots, she organized a relief program for the soldiers, beginning a lifetime of philanthropy.
When Barton learned that many of the wounded from the First Bull Run had suffered, not from want of attention but from need of medical supplies, she advertised for donations in the Worcester., Mass., Spy and began an independent organization to d -
Missing soldier mission
She also expanded her concept of soldier aid, traveling to Camp Parole, Md., to organize a program for locating men listed as missing in action. Through interviews with Federals returning from Southern prisons, she was often able to determine the status of some of the missing and notify families. -
Clara until the end
By the end of the war Barton had performed most of the services that would later be associated with the American Red Cross, which she founded in 1881. In 1904 she resigned as head of that organization, retiring to her home at Glen Echo, outside Washington, D.C., where she died April 12, 1912. -
Aleda Lutz
Aleda Lutz was born in 1915 in Freeland, Michigan. She graduated from Saginaw General Nursing School and enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps in 1941. -
Lt. Aleda Lutz
. She was stationed at Station Hospital at Selfridge Field, Michigan. She transferred to the 802nd Medical Air Evacuation Transportation Squadron and was promoted in 1943 to Lieutenant, Army Nurse Corps. Lieutenant Lutz gave comfort and aid to wounded troops that were evacuated from the battle front during WWII. She went into many combat zones while evaluating wounded troops. She served overseas in Europe, Africa, and Italy. -
Adela E. Lutz
In many cases she was under fire. Lieutenant Lutz was involved in 196 missions and accumulated 814 hours in the air which is more than any other Army nurse. She was killed in 1944 when her plane was shot down by German soldiers. She was transporting 15 wounded soldiers in France. She was awarded numerous medals for her service. As of today there is a VA hospital named in her honor in Saginaw Michigan, -
Rosie the Riveter
During World War II American women entered the workforce in unprecedented numbers. The industrial workforce was depleted due to male enlistment in the armed forces. The aviation industry saw the greatest increase of female workers. In 1943 more than 310,000 women worked in the U.S. aircraft industry. By 1945 one out of every four married women worked outside of their home. “Rosie the Riveter” was the star of a government campaign that aimed at recruiting females to join the workforce. Rosie was -
Colleen Black
Colleen Black was born in 1925 in Nashville Tennessee. She graduated from high school in 1943. In 1944 she moved to Oak Ridge, Tennessee to Work in the K-25 plant. The K-25 plant was ran by the government. They told people who worked there that their efforts were helping the U.S. fight in World War II. -
Colleen Black helping fight WW2
When Colleen was told that she was helping win the war she worked really hard since she had a brother who was fighting in Europe. The K-25 plant ran 3 shifts 24 hours a day and used more energy than New York City. The day the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima the people at Oak Ridge, Tennessee finally found out what they were working on. They were building the atomic bombs that helped end World War II. Colleen Black along with many other young ladies straight out of high school had a major role. -
Gloria Steinem
Steinem was born on March 25, 1934 in Toledo, Ohio where she lived with her parents, Leo and Ruth Steinem. In 1944, her parents divorced, leaving a young Steinem to take care of her mentally ill mother in Toledo. After graduating high school, Steinem attended Smith College in Massachusetts where she studied government. After graduating magna cum laude, Steinem earned the Chester Bowles Fellowship, which sent her to study and research in India. Her time abroad incited an interest in grassroots or -
Gloria Steinem's Fight
Gloria Steinem, an acclaimed trailblazer for women’s rights, worked as a journalist and activist in the 1960s-70s to headline a movement that became known as “second-wave feminism.” After working for New York magazine, Steinem co-founded Ms. Magazine, a publication dedicated to women’s rights concerns. Steinem continues to work as a writer, touring lecturer and political commentator on progressive social issues. -
Undercover
Steinem started her professional career as a journalist by moving to New York and writing freelance pieces for various publications. She first gained national attention when Show magazine enlisted her to report undercover as a Bunny at the Playboy Club. The expose revealed that contrary to the glamorous image of the Bunny, the waitresses were actually overworked and underpaid. Steinem struggled with her career after this job and found it difficult to be assigned to major political news stories. -
Sexism
At the magazine, Steinem found herself reporting on political campaigns and progressive social issues, including an abortion hearing which influenced Steinem’s own feminist philosophy. She became involved in the women’s movement by attending rallies, protests and sit-ins. In 1971, New York magazine printed the first Ms. Magazine insert, which Steinem co-founded and wrote for when it became an independent, regular circulation in 1972. -
Gloria's Legacy
Since her time working for the women’s liberation movement in the 70s, Steinem has co-founded a number of organizations focusing on human rights issues like racial equality and pro-choice activism. In 2004, Steinem co-founded the Women’s Media Center, which aims to promote positive images of women in the media. She has authored four books, including a biography on Marilyn Monroe, and her writing has been published and reprinted in anthologies and textbooks. Currently, she’s working on a book it. -
Kimberly Yim
Kimberly McOwen Yim is the author of Refuse To Do Nothing: Finding Your Power to Abolish Modern Day Slavery and founder of the San Clemente Abolitionists in San Clemente, California. She is the executive director of The SOCO Institute, a charitable arm of The SOCO Group where she has supports and advocates for a variety of organizations such as CURE International, Opportunity International, International Justice Mission and World Relief. With a MA in Christian Leadership from Fuller Theological
