social reform
Changing unjust systems
Social reform is organized effort to improve society through changes in laws, institutions, or practices.
Reformers target specific problems—labor conditions, voting rights, education, public health—seeking gradual improvement rather than revolutionary upheaval.
The progressive era brought sweeping social reforms.
She dedicated her life to social reform.
- human rightsInalienable personal freedoms
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- women's suffrageVoting rights for females
- minimum wageLowest lawful hourly rate
- living wageIncome covering necessities
equality · civil rights · voting rights · activism · anti-corruption · fair trade · egalitarianism · land redistribution · disability rights · desegregation · freedom march · judicial review · labor movement · eight hour day · mental health awareness · universal healthcare · universal basic income · progressive era
- reformreformer, reformist, democratic reforms, structural change, overhaul
- Buddhist Revivalmissionary activity, anti-colonial movements
- Victorian eraparlour, Victorian etiquette, etiquette, parlor games, courtship
- QuebecQuebec City, Montreal, premier, National Assembly, premiers
- social historyeveryday life, working class, middle class, labor history, family history
- American Reformsabolitionism, women's suffrage, women's rights, temperance, labor movement
social reformstatus quo
Existing condition of affairs
conservatism · traditionalism · social conservatism · entrenchment · orthodoxy
social reformsocietal collapse
Disintegration of governing structures
oppression · exploitation · injustice · corruption · neglect
social reformrevolution
Violent governmental overthrow
social revolution · insurrection · coup · armed struggle · abolition