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The origins of women's activism : New York and Boston, 1797-1840 / Anne M. Boylan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boylan, Anne M., 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--United States--Societies and clubs--History.
- Women.
- Women social reformers--United States--History.
- Women social reformers.
- Women political activists--United States--History.
- Women political activists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (360 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Tracing the deep roots of women's activism in America, this text analyses over 70 women's volunteer associations in the decades following the Revolution. She explores the aims and foundation of these groups and how they were structured, as well as their effect on defining women's roles.
- Contents:
- Patterns of organization
- Domesticity and organizational work
- Portraits of women organizers
- Politics
- Economies.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-329) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798890876966
- 9780807861257
- 0807861251
- OCLC:
- 476236425
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