Dreamers of the American Dream

<p>Visionaries crackpots fanatics dreamers suffragettes temperance</p><p>workers be-sloganned devotees of betterment in marriage</p><p>religion sex alcohol labor relations penal codes & the treatment</p><p>of mental illness rub shoulders in a book which encompasses the</p><p>American dream of Utopia sobriety & the pursuit of happiness.</p><p>The shouting & axe-swinging reformer Carrie Nation splintered</p><p>saloon mirrors. At Sherrill NY John Humphrey Noyes founder</p><p>of the Putney Corporation of Perfectionists fostered complex</p><p>marriage-an apt description since fidelity & exclusiveness in</p><p>matrimony were frowned upon. Laura Bridgman Louis Dwight</p><p>Dorothea Dix Susan B. Anthony & Mrs Stanton fought their</p><p>mercurial & protracted battles-usually in defense of the rights of</p><p>others: the deaf the blind the insane & the weaker sex. Holbrook's</p><p>summation of these prophets of Excelsior should interest anyone</p><p>with even a flickering interest in the history of the country & the</p><p>evolution of the society we know.</p><p><br></p>