Set: History- Who's who?

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Robert Owen Established New Harmony, Indiana.
Lyman Beecher Crusader against alcohol.
Horace Mann Leader of educational reform.
Mary Lyon Teacher in Massachusetts- Established Mount Holyoke
Thomas Gallaudet Developed method for educating hearing impaired. Established Hartford School.
Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe Advanced cause of "visually impaired." Headed Perkins Inst. for the blind.
Dorthea Dix Visited prisons and worked hard for good inmate condidtions. Helped mentally ill.
Margaret Fuller Trancendentalist. Supported women's rights through writing.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poet. Wrote narratives (Song of Hiawatha.)
Walt Whitman Poet. Captured the New American spirit and confidence in the poem "Leaves of Grass."
Emily Dickenson Poet. Wrote "Hope"
Harriet Beecher Stowe Author who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Ralph Waldo Emerson Trancendentalist. Urged people to listen to inner selves and destroy prejudice.
Henry David Thoreau Trancendentalist. Practiced civil disobedience and went to jail during Mex. War.
John James Audubon Skilled artist who loves the wild.
William Lloyd Garrison Abolitionist. Stimulated anti-slavery movement. Owner of "The Liberator."
Benjamin Lundy Quaker who founded an abolitionist newspaper.
David Walker Freeman. Published impassioned arguement on slavery.
Isabella Baumfree Abolitionist. Also Known as Soujourner Truth.
Harriet Tubman "Moses of her People." Famous UGRR conductor.
Elijah Lovejoy Abolitionist newspaper. Mob burned building and shot him when he came out.
Lucretia Mott Quaker. Gave lectures on Abolition, Temperance, Peace, and Women's Rights.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Abolitionist. Worked with Lucretia Mott and fought for Women's Rights.
Susan B. Anthony Quaker Daughter. Equal Rights Association. Encouraged co-education.
Elizabeth Blackwell First Woman to receive Medical Degree.
Mary Ann Shadd Cary 1st AA women to receive a degree in the nation.
Susette La Flesche Omaha Tribe member. Campaigned for NA rights.
Belva Lockwood 1st woman to run for President.
Emma Hart Willard Believed women needed to be educated for traditional roles in life.
Charles Finney Preacher. Helped 2nd Great Awakening progress.
Maria Mitchell Discovered comet in 1847. 1st woman astronomer.
John Deere Invented steel-tipped plow.
Cyrus McCormick Invented mechanical reaper.
Elias Howe United States inventor who built early sewing machines and won suits for patent infringement against other manufacturers (including Isaac M. Singer) (1819-1867)

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People to know for the History Test. Prompt with the definition for best studying. Good luck everyone!


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williamalexander : Changed Henry David Thoreau → Trancendentalist. Practiced civil disobedienceand went to jail during Mex. War. to Henry David Thoreau → Trancendentalist. Practiced civil disobedience and went to jail during Mex. War.
williamalexander : Changed Emma Hart Willard → Believed woman needed to be educated for traditional roles in life. to Emma Hart Willard → Believed women needed to be educated for traditional roles in life.
Betagold : Changed Mary Lyons → Teacher in Massachusetts- Established Mount Holyoke to Mary Lyon → Teacher in Massachusetts- Established Mount Holyoke
williamalexander : Changed Belva Lockwood → 1st woman to run of President. to Belva Lockwood → 1st woman to run for President.
Betagold : Changed Susette La Fleche → Omaha Tribe member. Campaigned for NA rights. to Susette La Flesche → Omaha Tribe member. Campaigned for NA rights.
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Speedylee123 : Changed Elias Howe → Invented Sewing Machine. to Elias Howe → Made a roflcopter.
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