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Signatures of citizenship : petitioning, antislavery, & women's political identity / by Susan Zaeske.
Van Pelt Library HQ1236.5.U6 Z34 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zaeske, Susan.
- Series:
- Gender & American culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Political activity--United States--History.
- Women.
- Women abolitionists--United States--History.
- Women abolitionists.
- Women social reformers--United States--History.
- Women social reformers.
- Antislavery movements--United States--History.
- Antislavery movements.
- Women--United States--Social conditions.
- Women political activists.
- History.
- Women--Political activity.
- United States.
- Social conditions.
- Women political activists--United States--History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- This history of women's antislavery petitioning shows how this form of activism not only contributed to the success of the abolitionist movement but also proved to be a watershed moment in the emergence of American women as political actors.
- Contents:
- The unfortunate word "petition"
- What can women do?
- A departure from their place
- A firebrand in our hands
- It's none of your business, gals
- Discreditable to the national character
- To shut against them this door
- Afterword, we can no longer be neglected or forgotten.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-244) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807827592
- 0807854263
- OCLC:
- 50023585
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