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Signatures of citizenship : petitioning, antislavery, and women's political identity / by Susan Zaeske.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zaeske, Susan.
- Series:
- Gender & American culture.
- 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--United States--History.
- Women political activists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This history analyzes women's antislavery petitions, the speeches calling women to petition and public reaction from 1831 to 1865. It argues that petitioning not only made significant steps to abolish slavery but also contributed toward transforming women's political identity.
- 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:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-244) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798890871718
- 9780807863282
- 0807863289
- OCLC:
- 476237613
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