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Campbell Susan <1959-> |
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Titolo |
Tempest-tossed : the spirit of Isabella Beecher Hooker / / Susan Campbell |
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Middletown, Connecticut : , : Wesleyan University Press, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Collana |
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Soggetti |
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Feminists - United States |
Women social reformers - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Tempest-Tossed; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Genealogies; The Fabulous Beechers; Children of Isabella Beecher and John Hooker; 1. The World That Awaited Belle; 2. Training to Be a Beecher; 3. The Education of Isabella Beecher; 4. Isabella in Love; 5. Isabella Marries, and Faces a Conundrum; 6. Motherhood, and Confusion; 7. Abolition, and an Awakening; 8. A Woman's Worth, a Brother's Shame; 9. A Spiritual Digression; 10. In the Thick of It; 11. The Elusive Ballot; 12. The End, and a Legacy; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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First full-length biography of a key figure in nineteenth-century American culture |
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