Transcendentalism: Incredible People And Reformers Of The Mid-1800s

In this day and age, our country has been reshaped into a better place by the work and reforms of incredible people and reformers of the mid-1800s. After many religious revivals such as the Second Great Awakening from about 1800 to the 1840’s, it inspired thousands of Americans to reform their society. Transcendentalism, known as a belief stating that people should use emotions and intuitions to go beyond logical thinking to reach a truer understanding of the world around them, became a famous optimistic idea often written to inspire Americans by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. This and the religious revival, joined model communities to soon pick up speed on the spirit of reform spreading through the states. Children without

At the time, children were kept in the same prisons as adults, the mentally ill did not receive proper care, debtors with small debts were thrown in jail, and prisoners lived in barn-like conditions. With the work and campaigning of multiple reformers such as Dorothea Dix, brought forth the belief that reformers such as herself could lead forward society to make notable and outstanding changes. After witnessing the cruelty taking place in prisons in 1841, the mentally ill were provided with institutions to better fit their needs, prisoners were treated at a higher level, debtors with minor debts did not go to jail, and a separate disciplinary system was established for delinquent children. Standing today, these changes remain in our society with mental institutions across the country, and we can still work to improve some extent of cruelty in prisons even

Earlier on, the need for more public schools was at its height, Women and African Americans often were not commonly allowed to attend school, teachers were untrained and underpaid, and children without proper education ravaged the land causing chaos in the large extent of spare time. However, with the help of Horace Mann and many other education reformers, additional schools were established, and teachers were properly trained and paid. People throughout the nation, on the other hand, often fought to make sure African Americans didn’t receive a proper education, going out of their way to diminish the rights of both them and women at the time. Finally, anyone, no matter race or gender could be accepted to practically any school around. At this moment, the same still goes, with a great range of educational opportunities spread across the country. Despite these educational changes, it is often called an unfinished reform in the eyes of many, still taking many decades to truly give women and African Americans equivalent to white