Women and reform in a New England community, 1815-1860 /
Lawes, Carolyn J., 1958-
Women and reform in a New England community, 1815-1860 / Carolyn J. Lawes. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015. - 1 online resource (284 pages)
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Keeping the Faith; 2 Missionaries and More; 3 Maternal Politics; 4 ""Rachel Weeping for Her Children''; Illustrations; 5 From Feminism to Female Employment; Conclusion; Appendix: Statistical Data; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W.
Interpretations of women in the antebellum period have long dwelt upon the notion of public versus private gender spheres. As part of the ongoing reevaluation of the prehistory of the women's movement, Carolyn Lawes challenges this paradigm and the primacy of class motivation. She studies the women of antebellum Worcester, Massachusetts, discovering that whatever their economic background, women there publicly worked to remake and improve their community in their own image. Lawes analyzes the organized social activism of the mostly middle-class, urban, white women of Worcester and finds that t.
9780813148182 (electronic bk.) 0813148189 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctt129fnj1 JSTOR
Children's Friend Society--History.
Children's Friend Society.
1800-1899
Women political activists--History--Massachusetts--Worcester--19th century.
Women social reformers--History--Massachusetts--Worcester--19th century.
Women's rights--History--Massachusetts--Worcester--19th century.
Femmes activistes--Histoire--Massachusetts--Worcester--19e siècle.
Réformatrices sociales--Histoire--Massachusetts--Worcester--19e siècle.
Femmes--Droits--Histoire--Massachusetts--Worcester--19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
HISTORY--United States--19th Century.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Women political activists.
Women social reformers.
Women's rights.
Worcester (Mass.)--History--Sources.--19th century
Worcester (Mass.)--Politics and government.
Worcester (Mass.)--Social conditions.
Massachusetts--Worcester.
Electronic books.
History.
Sources.
HQ1439.W67 L39 2015
305.42/097443
Women and reform in a New England community, 1815-1860 / Carolyn J. Lawes. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015. - 1 online resource (284 pages)
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Keeping the Faith; 2 Missionaries and More; 3 Maternal Politics; 4 ""Rachel Weeping for Her Children''; Illustrations; 5 From Feminism to Female Employment; Conclusion; Appendix: Statistical Data; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W.
Interpretations of women in the antebellum period have long dwelt upon the notion of public versus private gender spheres. As part of the ongoing reevaluation of the prehistory of the women's movement, Carolyn Lawes challenges this paradigm and the primacy of class motivation. She studies the women of antebellum Worcester, Massachusetts, discovering that whatever their economic background, women there publicly worked to remake and improve their community in their own image. Lawes analyzes the organized social activism of the mostly middle-class, urban, white women of Worcester and finds that t.
9780813148182 (electronic bk.) 0813148189 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctt129fnj1 JSTOR
Children's Friend Society--History.
Children's Friend Society.
1800-1899
Women political activists--History--Massachusetts--Worcester--19th century.
Women social reformers--History--Massachusetts--Worcester--19th century.
Women's rights--History--Massachusetts--Worcester--19th century.
Femmes activistes--Histoire--Massachusetts--Worcester--19e siècle.
Réformatrices sociales--Histoire--Massachusetts--Worcester--19e siècle.
Femmes--Droits--Histoire--Massachusetts--Worcester--19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
HISTORY--United States--19th Century.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Women political activists.
Women social reformers.
Women's rights.
Worcester (Mass.)--History--Sources.--19th century
Worcester (Mass.)--Politics and government.
Worcester (Mass.)--Social conditions.
Massachusetts--Worcester.
Electronic books.
History.
Sources.
HQ1439.W67 L39 2015
305.42/097443