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Women in Antebellum Reform

John Hope Franklin

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This is a soul-stirring era, remarked the Reverend William Mitchell in 1835, and will be so recorded in the annals of time. Countless antebellum reformers agreed. The United States was awash in efforts to change itself, a sisterhood of reforms emerging to characterize the efforts of hundreds of thousands of Americans. In all of this, women played an important role.

In her latest publication, Professor Ginzberg offers a view of women and antebellum reform through two lenses: one focused on the ideas about women, religion, class, and race that shaped reform movements; and another that observes actual women as they participated in the work of social change. For women, a commitment to reform offered a broader sense of their place in the world-and of their responsibility to set it aright. By considering the efforts of these women-distributing bibles, tracts, and charity, fighting intemperance, opposing slavery, or demanding their rights as women-the reader gains a richer understanding of the antebellum era itself.

Language: English

Pages: 168

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Release: January 18, 2000

ISBN: 0882959514

ISBN 13: 9780882959511

Women in Antebellum Reform

John Hope Franklin

3.1/5 ( ratings)

This is a soul-stirring era, remarked the Reverend William Mitchell in 1835, and will be so recorded in the annals of time. Countless antebellum reformers agreed. The United States was awash in efforts to change itself, a sisterhood of reforms emerging to characterize the efforts of hundreds of thousands of Americans. In all of this, women played an important role.

In her latest publication, Professor Ginzberg offers a view of women and antebellum reform through two lenses: one focused on the ideas about women, religion, class, and race that shaped reform movements; and another that observes actual women as they participated in the work of social change. For women, a commitment to reform offered a broader sense of their place in the world-and of their responsibility to set it aright. By considering the efforts of these women-distributing bibles, tracts, and charity, fighting intemperance, opposing slavery, or demanding their rights as women-the reader gains a richer understanding of the antebellum era itself.

Language: English

Pages: 168

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Release: January 18, 2000

ISBN: 0882959514

ISBN 13: 9780882959511

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