Women and reform in a New England community, 1815-1860 / Carolyn J. Lawes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawes, Carolyn J., 1958- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women social reformers--Massachusetts--Worcester--History--19th century.

Women political activists--Massachusetts--Worcester--History--19th century.

Women's rights--Massachusetts--Worcester--History--19th century.

Worcester (Mass.)--History--19th century--Sources.

Worcester (Mass.)--Social conditions.

Worcester (Mass.)--Politics and government.

Children's Friend Society--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-4818-9

OCLC:

655650695