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Women and the American Experience Concise, 2/e
Nancy Woloch, Barnard College

The Rise of the New Woman, 1860-1920

American History on the Web: Social Reform

Learn about the Women's Christian Temperance Union at http://www.wctu.org/earlyhistory.html and the Hull House at http://www.britannica.com/women/articles/Hull_House.html. Then, read the 1915 International Congress of Women's list of resolutions at http://womhist.binghamton.edu/hague/doc1.htm.



1

Name the goals of the WCTU, Hull House, and the Congress of Women.
2

How were the goals of each organization related? How did their ideals differ?
3

What does the formation of the WCTU, Hull House, and the Congress say about the education, professional, and domestic lives, and motivations of women in America at this time?
4

Describe the "American woman" that led the fight for reform. Which American women at this time were excluded by the general term, "American woman"?