APUSH 5

Catherine Beecher

Founded the Hartford Female Seminary and promoted equal access to education.

Hartford Female Seminary

School founded by Catherine Beecher to educate women.

Sarah Bagley

Created the Female Labor Reform System.

Margaret Fuller

Wrote 'Women in the Nineteenth Century' and believed women see themselves as what they need to be.

Elizabeth Blackwell

Famous female physician and the first woman to receive a medical degree in the U.S.

Stephen A. Douglas

Senator of Illinois known for aiding railroads and granting federal laws.

Sarah Hale

Developed domestic topics in literature and wrote 'Godey’s Lady Book'.

Sir Walter Scott

Wrote daring and romantic adventures along with historical novels.

Emma Willard

Founder of the Troy Female Seminary, the first female school for young girls.

David Walker

Free African American who wrote a pamphlet urging slaves to take action.

James Fenimore Cooper

Created 30 novels, known for his love of nature and concern for expansion's impact on it.

Horace Greeley

Created the Tribune newspaper in New York.

Richard Hoe

Invented the Steam Cylinder.

John Deere

Invented the Steel Plow.

Cyrus McCormick

Invented the Automatic Reaper.

James G. Birney

Candidate for the Liberty Party and Kentucky leader.

Walt Whitman

Created the Long Islander and focused on individual liberation.

Horace Mann

Established the modern education system in the U.S.