Reviews for Writing and assessing attitudinal objectives

The average rating for Writing and assessing attitudinal objectives based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-05-15 00:00:00 Filton George Epstein's study uses the Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century to study the separation of men's and women's world in the 19th century and the rise of white women's reform movements, focusing on the Woman's Crusade and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). Epstein argues these movements provided a space for women to critique a male world from which they were excluded as well as a forum to women to bring their social and political concerns forward. WCTU under Frances Willard's leadership was especially instrumental, aligning temperance advocates with issues like women's suffrage. WCTU's alignment with women's domesticity and its assumptions about male power made it increasingly irrelevant to women in the twentieth century eager to challenge conservative sexual norms and women's exclusion from public life. Overall, this is a fine introduction to the rise of white women's reform movements in the 19th century. Epstein is strongest in dealing with the ways class biases shaped a movement of primarily New England and Midwestern white women. Although Epstein mentions issues such as immigration and race, she does not delve deeply into they ways they shaped the politics of WCTU and related groups. For example, in an era that saw the solidification of Jim Crow laws, the popularity of eugenics, and anti-immigration sentiment, the temperance activists for people to live "the white life" begs for a more thorough analysis of its underlying assumptions than Epstein provides. Further, how did immigrant communities, people of color and poor women respond to temperance activism? While these questions were beyond the scope of Epstein's 1981 study, their analysis would better help readers understand the scope, ideology and impact of temperance movements in 19th century America.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-10-23 00:00:00 Charles D. Spar Dr. O'Malley's class at Asbury