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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460300303321

Autore

Lasser Carol

Titolo

Antebellum women [[electronic resource] ] : private, public, partisan / / Carol Lasser and Stacey Robertson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010

ISBN

1-282-93671-9

9786612936715

1-4422-0559-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Collana

American controversies series

Altri autori (Persone)

RobertsonStacey M

Disciplina

305.40973

305.4097309034

Soggetti

Women - United States - Social conditions - 19th century

Women - United States - Social conditions - 18th century

Women - Political activity - United States - History - 19th century

Women - Political activity - United States - History - 18th century

Gender & Ethnic Studies

Gender Studies & Sexuality

Social Sciences

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction; PartI. Antebellum Women; PartII. Primary Documents; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Antebellum Women: Private, Public, Partisan explores how diverse women understood, and acted upon, their varied constraints and worldviews in American society from the Revolution through the Civil War. Combining a review of the vast scholarship on early nineteenth-century gender and women with an assemblage of intriguing primary documents, this volume outlines three phases in women's engagement in civic and political activities: first as ""deferential domestics,"" then as ""companionate co-workers,"" and finally as ""passionate partis