THE AMERICAN SCHOOLGIRL SAMPLER: SPRINGBOARD TO THE ABOLITIONIST

CAUSE  

THE DAY IN A LIFE OF A SCHOOLGIRL CIRCA 1800

THE ROLE OF SAMPLERS IN GIRLS’ EDUCATION

VARIETIES OF SAMPLERS

SAMPLER MAKING IN NEW ENGLAND

  As of12/35

Added by12/37

Added by12/39

Added after12/39

Dateunknown

Total

Massachusetts 17 44 17 6 12 96

Maine 2 3   49 2 56

New York 15 16 2 3 5 41

Ohio 6 16 1 5 8 36

Pennsylvania 2 14 6 1   23

New Hampshire 5 9 2 2 1 19

Connecticut 3 2 3   1 12

Rhode Island 7 2     2 11

Indiana       9 1 10

Illinois       7   7

Vermont   3       3

New Jersey   1 1     2

Wisconsin       2   2

Michigan 1         1

Delaware      1     1

Upper Canada/td>       1   1

Totals 58 113 33 85 32 321

1834-1837

THE CIVIL WAR TOUCHED THE LIVES OF ALL GIRLS AND WOMEN.

UNITED STATES SANITARY COMMISSIONOUR HEROINES – SEWING FOR A CAUSE

BROOKLYN SANITARY FAIR 1864

WOMEN’S CHANGING ROLES DURING AND AFTER THE CIVIL WAR

Lucretia Mott

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Clara Barton

TIMELINESarahPaulSamplercomplete

FASSOver300 Chapters founded

U.S.Civil Warbegins

U.S.CivilWarEnds;Pres.AbeLincolnAssassinated

RedCrossFoundByClaraBarton

Troy NYFemaleSeminaryFounded by EmmaWillard

LydiaGarfieldSamplercomplete

Women’sRightsConven-tionSeneca Falls,New York

USCCfounded

USSCDis-banded

1821 1823 1829 1833 1848 1861 1862 1865 1866 1881