Chapter 1: Fighting for the Rights of American Labor
I've been learning about the Industrial Revolution since middle school, but this chapter of "Voices of Revolution" especially stood out to me. I knew that there was investigative journalism going on during this time, but I didn't realize the extent of it. Specifically, William Heighton's work was revolutionary. He risked his life and his family in order to reveal the truth of American labor.
Reforms were actually made because of these journalists, which is the most interesting part. Public schools were made available, and the working hours were minimized.
Chapter 2: Awakening a Nation to the Sins of Slavery
Reading about William Lloyd Garrison reminded me of modern-day bloggers and writers for independent media. He would stir up controversy in order to gain publicity and recognition. For example, he burned the Constitution because he knew it'd get attention. His ideas reached a small crowd at first, but his ideas spread more and more and, eventually, slaves were freed and thanked him endlessly for their gained freedom. Reading about his story was very inspiring to me as a journalist.
Chapter 3: Setting a Revolutionary Agenda for Women's Rights
I find the radical ideas that were printed in The Revolution interesting because of how hard it is for those ideas to change peoples' minds on a matter they're already so convinced to be against.
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