Changing Ideas about Women in the United States, 1776-1825

ISBN-13: 9780415628228 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 376 str.

Janet Wilson James

Opis

This fascinating study remains authoritative as an account of a body of opinion about women's nature and role that was in vogue in America during the first half-century after independence.

Spis treści

Introduction: Recollections of a Veteran in Women’s History  Preface  1. Colonial Theory and Practice  2. The Revolutionary Era and Women’s Rights, 1776-1800  3. The Religious Revival and the New Conservatism: Marriage and the Home, 1800-1825  4. Charity Work and Education, 1800-1825  5. The Rise of the Woman Author.  Conclusion

O autorze

Janet Wilson James