Dr. Thomas R. Maddux

 Romantic Reform

 I. Sources of Reform 

         A. Conservative attempt to restore order 	

                 1. Moral crusade

                 2. Christian party 	

                 3. democratic means and message 

         B. Equality and individualism 	

                 1. passion for equality 	

                 2. individualism 

         C. Perfectionism 	

                 1. liberate individual and society from 

                    sin and evils 	

                 2. 2nd Great Awakening and Charles Finney 	

                 3. William Miller and Millerites 	

                 4. Dorothea Dix and mental illness and prisons 

 II. Reform Movements 

          A. Temperance 

          B. Women's Rights 	

                1. Role in reform movements 	

                2. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott

                3. Seneca Falls convention in 1848 (371) 

          C. Communitarian approach