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American Self-making and Self-Help
Gender
Men
Edgar Allan Poe
American poet who embraced a newly found romantic ideology (critics enlightenment)
Horatio Alger
wrote ragged dick, a story about a boy going from rags to riches
Women
Mary Rowlandson
Wrote about her time spent in native capture
"And here I cannot but take notice of the strange providence of God in preserving the heathen"
Phillis Wheatley
African American Poet
Struggled to gain validity due to her gender and race
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Subject to unsafe "cures" to neurasthenia.
Class
Slaves
Fredrick Douglass
Born into slavery, managed to escape and tell his story about the atrocities of slavery
Working class
Booker T. Washington
Hard work pays off, Cast bucket downwards
W. E. B. Du Bois
Exceptional individuals, the best of the best will change the situation.
Jacob Riis
Journalist who photographed how poor people were living in America
Elites
Benjamin Franklin
Born into a well off family, and went on to become a figure in the self help revolution in America
Andrew Carnegir
Self-made millionaire, Social responsibility
Government
Disobedience
Thoreau
American author who wrote about how the american system was flawed and people needed to take action
John Brown
Raided military base, and caused a slave rebellion
Constitution
Thomas Jefferson
Wrote the declaration of independence
Used idealistic and rhetorical language
Teddy Roosevelt
A mans man, wanted to inspire boys to be more manly
Outdoorsy, Created national parks, rough and tumble guy.
Religion
Puritans
Witch hunting
Gods Will
John Winthrop
Preached a pure and god fearing settlement in the americas
For
we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill.
Enlightenment
Thomas Paine
Wrote common sense which changed Americas thinking
"To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead"
Indusrty
Industrial revolution
Chaplin
Actor who portrayed the reality of living in an industrial society
Henry Ford
Standardized and made production more efficient (boosted the economy)
Odell
Contrasted the efficent lifestyle, instead telling people to work less
Media
Austyn Tester
modern social media influencer