03345nam 2200709Ia 450 991080690400332120200520144314.00-8147-3997-01-4294-1500-210.18574/nyu/9780814739976(CKB)1000000000002866(EBL)865559(OCoLC)780425896(SSID)ssj0000152979(PQKBManifestationID)11151445(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000152979(PQKBWorkID)10340200(PQKB)10982234(MiAaPQ)EBC865559(OCoLC)53371672(MdBmJHUP)muse10736(Au-PeEL)EBL865559(CaPaEBR)ebr10032551(DE-B1597)548038(DE-B1597)9780814739976(EXLCZ)99100000000000286620010709d2002 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Fair sex white women and racial patriarchy in the early American Republic /Pauline Schloesser1st ed.New York New York University Pressc20021 online resource (255 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-9762-8 0-8147-9763-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-236) and index.Race, gender, and woman citizenship in the American founding -- Toward a theory of racial patriarchy -- The ideology of the "fair sex" -- The philosopher queen and the U.S. constitution: Mercy Otis Warren as a reluctant signatory -- From revolution to racial patriarchy: the political pragmatism of Abigail Adams -- Gleaning a self between the lines: Judith Sargent Murray.Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2002. Once the egalitarian passions of the American Revolution had dimmed, the new nation settled into a conservative period that saw the legal and social subordination of women and non-white men. Among the Founders who brought the fledgling government into being were those who sought to establish order through the reconstruction of racial and gender hierarchies. In this effort they enlisted "the fair sex,"&#-white women. Politicians, ministers, writers, husbands, fathers and brothers entreated Anglo-American women to assume responsibility for the nation's virSex rolePolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory18th centuryWomenPolitical activityUnited StatesHistory18th centuryPolitical cultureUnited StatesHistory18th centuryPatriarchyUnited StatesHistory18th centuryUnited StatesPolitics and government1775-1783United StatesPolitics and government1783-1809United StatesRace relationsPolitical aspectsHistory18th centurySex rolePolitical aspectsHistoryWomenPolitical activityHistoryPolitical cultureHistoryPatriarchyHistory305.42/0973/09033Schloesser Pauline E1620432MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806904003321The Fair sex3953189UNINA