Hewitt Women's Activism and Social Change

Rochester, New York, 1822–1872
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-5017-2175-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection

E-Book, Englisch, 282 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

In Women's Activism and Social Change, Nancy A. Hewitt challenges the popular belief that the lives of antebellum women focused on their role in the private sphere of the family. Examining intense and well-documented reform movements in nineteenth-century Rochester, New York, Hewitt distinguishes three networks of women's activism: women from the wealthiest Rochester families who sought to ameliorate the lives of the poor; those from upwardly mobile families who, influenced by evangelical revivalism, campaigned to eradicate such social ills as slavery, vice, and intemperance; and those who combined limited economic resources with an agrarian Quaker tradition of communialism and religious democracy to advocate full racial and sexual equality.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hewitt, Nancy A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction1. Material and Moral Progress2. A Profusion of Pathways3. From Amelioration to Perfection4. Moral Crusades and Ultraist Alternatives5. Coalitions and Confrontations6. Union or Liberty7. Never Another Season of SilenceTables
Index

Über Autor(innen)

HewittNancy A.:
Nancy A. Hewitt is Professor of History and Women's Studies at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She is the author of Southern Discomfort: Women’s Activism in Tampa, Florida, 1880s–1920s, coauthor of Exploring American Histories: A Brief Survey with Sources, and Women’s Activism and Social Change: Rochester, New York, 1822-1872.