Golden cables of sympathy : the transatlantic sources of nineteenth-century feminism / / Margaret H. McFadden

• Autore: McFadden Margaret
• Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2009; ©1999
• Edizione: Paperback edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (285 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.42/09/034
• Soggetto topico: Feminism - History - 19th century; Women's rights - History - 19th century; Feminism - International cooperation - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States Civilization European influences; Europe Civilization American influences
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction: On Beginning to Tell a ""Best-Kept Secret""; 1 Weaving the Delicate Web: Lucretia Mott and Succeeding Generations; 2 Paving the Way: The ""Miraculous Era"" in Communication and the ""Unprotected Female""; 3 The Ironies of Pentecost: Women Religious and Evangelistic Outreach; 4 Unwitting Allies: Harriet Beecher Stowe, George Sand, and the Power of Literary Celebrity; 5 A Developing Consciousness: Revolutionaries, Refugees, and Expatriates; 6 Higher Consciousness: Reformers and Utopians ; 7 Mothers of the Matrix (I): Anna Doyle Wheeler, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Forms of Feminism8 Mothers of the Matrix (II): Fredrika Bremer, Frances Power Cobbe and ""World""-Traveling; 9 ''A Golden Cable of Sympathy"": Aleksandra Gripenberg, the Finland Connection, and the 1888 Council of Women; Appendix A: Some Atlantic Community Women with International Links; Appendix B: The Relevance and Irrelevance to This Study of Social Network Analysis; Appendix C: Adventurers and Invalids; Appendix D: International Governesses; Appendix E: Women Transatlantic Entrepreneurs in the Nineteenth Century ; Appendix F: Women Artists AbroadNotes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: An intricate network of contacts developed among women in Europe and North America over the course of the nineteenth century. These women created virtual communities through communication, support, and a shared ideology. Forged across boundaries of nationality, language, ethnic origin, and even class, these connections laid the foundation for the 1888 International Council of Women and formed the beginnings of an international women's movement. This matrix extended throughout England and the Continent and included Scandinavia and Finland. In a remarkable display of investigative research, Marg
• Titolo autorizzato: Golden cables of sympathy
• ISBN: 0-8131-8456-8; 0-8131-4991-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817485503321
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