Catharine Beecher : the complexity of gender in nineteenth-century America / Cindy R. Lobel and Laura J. Ping.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lobel, Cindy R., author.

Ping, Laura J., author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Series:

Lives of American women

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beecher, Catharine Esther, 1800-1878.

Beecher, Catharine Esther.

Women--Education--United States--History--19th century.

Women.

Sex role--United States--History--19th century.

Sex role.

Women--United States--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.

Biography/History:

Cindy R. Lobel was an associate professor history at Lehman College, CUNY. She was the author of Urban Appetites: Food and Culture in Nineteenth-Century New York and an area editor and contributor to Savoring Gotham: A Food Lover's Companion to New York City. She was a specialist in urban history, food history, and culture in U.S. history. Laura J. Ping is an assistant professor at Bellarmine University. She is the author of "A Tale of Two Bloomer Costumes: What Mary Stickney's and Meriva Carpenter's Bloomers Reveal about Nineteenth-Century Dress Reform." She is at work on Beyond Bloomers: Fashioning Change in Nineteenth-Century Dress. Ping writes and teaches on fashion, social reform, and gender in U.S. history.

Contents:

Introduction

Early Life

Beecher's Career begins

Out West

Beecher's Conservativism

Domesticity

Education Reform

The Professionalization of Womanhood

The Final Phase

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 26, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Lobel, Cindy R. Catharine Beecher

ISBN:

9781003346647

1003346642

9781000798456

1000798453

9781000798432

1000798437

Publisher Number:

40031529231

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Restricted for use by site license.