USH: Antebellum Movements Archives - Daniel Aaron Lazar Sat, 13 Jun 2020 08:25:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 18 Rules Of Behavior For Young Ladies In 1831 https://daniellazar.com/2015/11/23/18-rules-of-behavior-for-young-ladies-in-1831/ Mon, 23 Nov 2015 05:19:07 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=5455 “Rules of behavior for Young Ladies, partly extracted from this work and the most celebrated books on Ladies education.” Avoid every thing masculine. Be not too often seen in public. Consult only your own relations. Don’t even hear a double entendre. Endeavor to write and speak grammatically. Fondness for finery shows as bad a taste, … Continue reading 18 Rules Of Behavior For Young Ladies In 1831 →

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]]> Frederick Douglass: New Tea Party hero?! https://daniellazar.com/2013/08/13/frederick-douglass-new-tea-party-hero/ Tue, 13 Aug 2013 20:56:48 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4583 Last week, Frederick Douglass — who escaped slavery at 20 years old and whose words would help bring an end to the institution — was honored with a statue in the U.S. Capitol’s Emancipation Hall in Washington, D.C. In the 1960s and ’70s, far left activists like Eldridge Cleaver of the Black Panther Party and … Continue reading Frederick Douglass: New Tea Party hero?! →

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]]> American Civilization, Ralph Waldo Emerson https://daniellazar.com/2013/02/28/american-civilization-ralph-waldo-emerson/ Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:25:58 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=4308 As the Civil War ground on, and the fate of the young nation hung in the balance, Ralph Waldo Emerson argued vehemently for a federal emancipation of the slaves. “Morality,” above all else, he asserted, “is the object of government.” He lauded President Lincoln for his principled moves in that direction.

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]]> Emserson: Self-Reliance https://daniellazar.com/2012/11/11/emserson-self-reliance/ Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:54:50 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=3993 Self-Reliance is an essay written by American Transcendentalist philosopher and essayist, Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson’s recurrent themes, the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his or her own instincts and ideas.

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]]> American Civilization, Emerson https://daniellazar.com/2011/12/07/american-civilization-emerson/ Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:47:55 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=2999 As the Civil War ground on, and the fate of the young nation hung in the balance, Ralph Waldo Emerson argued vehemently for a federal emancipation of the slaves. “Morality,” above all else, he asserted, “is the object of government.” He lauded President Lincoln for his principled moves in that direction.

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]]> Ralph Waldo Emerson, Circles (1841) https://daniellazar.com/2011/11/13/ralph-waldo-emerson-circles-1841/ Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:02:18 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/?p=2841 A transcendentalist masterpiece

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]]> First Wave of Feminism in the US https://daniellazar.com/2007/09/16/first-wave-of-feminism-in-the-us/ Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:52:17 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/2007/09/16/first-wave-of-feminism-in-the-us/ DBQ on Cult of Domesticity Theme Reading Questions on the First Wave of Feminism Lesson Plan: First Wave

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]]> Age of Reform Lecture Notes https://daniellazar.com/2007/09/16/age-of-reform-lecture-notes/ Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:48:08 +0000 http://www.daniellazar.com/2007/09/16/age-of-reform-lecture-notes/ Lazar’s The Age of Reform Lecture Notes

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