A Bio. of America: The Reform Impulse

	Web links for this program are listed below. Text-based resources are listed in the Program 8 Bibliography.



	Alexis de Tocqueville		In Search of Tocqueville's Democracy in America http://www.tocqueville.org/ Biographical information on Alexis de Tocqueville, as well as information on Tocqueville's visit to America, famous passages from Democracy in America, etc.



	Tocqueville, Democracy in America		Democracy in America http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/home.html Provides links to the text of Democracy in America, a virtual tour, Tocqueville's itinerary, maps, and many other links.



	Gustave Beaumont		Descriptions of America http://www.tocqueville.org/travel.htm Journal entries and correspondence from Toqueville and Beaumont's journey.


			Tocqueville and Beaumont on Race http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/race/frames.html An introduction to and the text of Tocqueville and Beaumont's observations on slavery and the "Indian Problem."


			Gustave de Beaumont: Letters and Excerpts from Marie http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/FEM/beaumont.htm A collection of Beaumont's letters on women and marriage.




	Andrew Jackson		Andrew Jackson http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/aj7.html A biography and portrait of Andrew Jackson.


			Andrew Jackson http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/bio/public/jackson.htm A detailed biography of Andrew Jackson with related links.


			USA: A biography of Andrew Jackson 1767 - 1845 http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/aj7/about/bio/jackxx.htm Provides links to different stages of the life and career of Andrew Jackson.


			Andrew Jackson http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/jackson/jackson.html An exploration of Andrew Jackson, his image, his rhetoric, etc.


			The Avalon Project : President Jackson's Proclamation Regarding Nullification, December 10, 1832 http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/jack01.asp The text of Andrew Jackson's Proclamation Regarding Nullification.




	John C. Calhoun		Today in History: March 18 http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/mar18.html A biography of John C. Calhoun with a scanned original of a speech he made, a photo of his tomb, and related links. Includes a link to a page about the Nullification Crisis.
			John Caldwell Calhoun http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/nsh/calhoun.cfm A brief biography and image of a marble statue of Calhoun.


			Calhoun, John - John C. Calhoun in the U.S. Capitol http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/CALHOUN/jcchome.html A tribute to John C. Calhoun with links to a biography, his political theory, and a gallery.



	Henry Clay		USA: Henry Clay: An Introduction http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/hclay/hclay.htm An introduction to Henry Clay and his politics.


			Ashland: The Henry Clay Estate &3151; The Attorney http://www.henryclay.org/henry-clay/attorney/ A speech by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor about Henry Clay.
			Henry Clay--NSH Statue http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/nsh/clay.cfm A brief biography and image of a statue of Henry Clay.






	Daniel Webster		Daniel Webster - Dartmouth's Favorite Son. http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dwebster/index.html Provides links to an introduction on Daniel Webster, a virtual exhibit, a timeline, speeches and an image gallery.



			Today in History: March 7 http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/mar07.html#websterspeech A history of Webster's Seventh of March speech with related links. Includes a link to the text of the speech.





	Webster-Hayne Debate, 1830		Congressional timeline http://uschscapitolhistory.uschs.org/timeline/uschs_timeline-03.htm A United States historical timeline with related links and a reference to the Webster-Hayne debate.


			Hayne-Webster Debate http://www.constitution.org/hwdebate/hwdebate.htm The story of the Hayne-Webster Debate. Includes quotes.



	The Way of Good and Evil		Library of Congress - Prints and Photographs On-line catalog http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html View The Way of Good & Evil by John Hailer by "searching all categories". Provides a small image with description.



	Horace Mann		Report No. 12 of the Massachusetts School Board (1848) Horace Mann http://usinfo.org/docs/democracy/16.htm The text of Report No. 12 of the Massachusetts School Board.



	Elizabeth Cady Stanton		PBS: Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony http://www.pbs.org/stantonanthony/ A rich visual and audio site telling the story of Stanton and Anthony.




			Elizabeth Cady Stanton House http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/pwwmh/ny10.htm Biographical information about Elizabeth Cady Stanton, with photos of her and the house.


			Elizabeth Cady Stanton House: Solitude of Self http://www.nps.gov/wori/historyculture/solitude-of-self.htm Text of an address by Elizabeth Cady Stanton before the Committee of the Judiciary of the United States Congress on January 18, 1892, on the topic of women's equality.


			Portrait Monument to Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/nov12.html#cadystanton Information on woman's suffrage and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Provides links to the Declaration of Sentiment, a draft of Stanton's The Woman's Bible, information on the National American Woman Suffrage Association, etc.


			Stanton, Elizabeth Cady http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/bios/13.html A brief biography and photo of Stanton.



	Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments		Modern History SourceBook: Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls, New York, 1848 http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/Senecafalls.html The Declaration of Sentiments.


			Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html A Library of Congress collection of women's suffrage texts and images. Includes the text of the Declaration of Sentiments.


			The Seneca Falls Convention (Reason): American Treasures of the Library of Congress http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trr040.html An introduction to the Seneca Falls Convention with scanned originals of an Elizabeth Cady Stanton Scrapbook cover, signatures on the Declaration of Sentiments, newspaper articles about the convention, etc.




	Lucretia Mott		The Women of The Hall - Lucretia Mott http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=112 A brief biography of Lucretia Mott with a photo of her and her house.



			Today in History: January 3 http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan03.html A Lucretia Mott biography with many photos and related links, including one to an autobiographical sketch.




			Lucretia Mott http://gos.sbc.edu/m/mott.html The text of Lucretia Mott's speech, Discourse On Woman.


			Women's Rights --Bios of Prominent American Women http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/womrts/bios.htm Brief biographies on prominent American women in the Women's Rights Movement, including Mott, Stanton, and Anthony.



	Lydia Child		Stand from Under http://www.lehigh.edu/~dek7/SSAWW/writChild.htm The text of "Stand From Under," written by Lydia Maria Child for William Lloyd Garrison's anti-slavery weekly The Liberator.



			Lydia Maria Child, from THE LIBERTY BELL. Online Archive. http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/gcarr/19cUSWW/LB/ Provides links to Lydia Maria Child's Slavery's Pleasant Homes, and more of Child's writings from The Liberty Bell.



	Sarah and Angelina Grimké
			The Grimké Sisters--Women's Hall of Fame http://www.greatwomen.org/women.php?action=viewone&id=69 Information on the Grimké sisters and their achievements, with photos.


			Furman: Angelina Grimké's Appeal To The Christian Women of the South http://history.furman.edu/benson/docs/grimke2.htm The text of Angelina Grimké's Appeal To The Christian Women of the South, about equality of the sexes.


			One Hundred Years toward Suffrage: An Overview http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwtl.html A timeline of women's suffrage. Includes a reference to Sarah Grimké.



	Charles Finney		Charles Grandison Finney (1792-1875) http://www.oberlin.edu/external/EOG/images/CharlesGrandisonFinney.html A biography of Charles Finney.


			Charles Finney Systematic Theology - Didaskalos Ministries http://www.bibleteacher.org/finney.htm A biography and the texts of Finney's lectures.



	Ralph Waldo Emerson		The American Scholar by Ralph Waldo Emerson http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/authors/emerson/essays/amscholar.html The text of The American Scholar by Ralph Waldo Emerson, with his quote, "The state of society."


			Ralph Waldo Emerson Biography http://www.uh.edu/~cfreelan/americana/emerson.html A biography of Emerson with related links.


			IHAS Poet - Ralph Waldo Emerson. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/poet/emerson.html An interactive site on Emerson, with photos, biographical information, a QuickTime video, and related links.



	William Lloyd Garrison		Africans in America - William Lloyd Garrison http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1561.html A photo of Garrison with biographical information. Provides a link to his portrait, information on The Liberator, an excerpt from The Liberator, etc.




			Garrison, William Lloyd - Spartacus Encyclopedia http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASgarrison.htm A biography of Garrison with a photo and links. Includes excerpts from his writings and speeches.



	Garrison: The Liberator		Africans in America - "To the Public" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2928.html Text and description of a Garrison editorial in The Liberator.


			Chronology on the History of Slavery and Racism 1830-end http://innercity.org/holt/chron_1830_end.html A site covering the history of slavery. Shows The Liberator in its chronological sequence.


			William Lloyd Garrison: "The Liberator" (Inaugural Edition) http://www.sewanee.edu/faculty/Willis/Civil_War/documents/Liberator.html The Inaugural editorial of The Liberator, by William Lloyd Garrison.




	John James Audubon		Audubon Online - National Audubon Society http://www.audubon.org/nas/ The National Audubon Society home page with links to information about the society itself as well as to information about John James Audubon, Audubon art, Audubon history, etc.


			John James Audubon's The Birds of America http://www.historical-museum.org/collect/audubon/audubon.htm Provides links to a changing selection of prints from John James Audubon's The Birds of America.

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