Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women's Rights Movement
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2009
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-539333-0 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-539333-0 (ISBN)
A vibrant portrait of a major turning point in American women's history, and in human history, this book is essential reading for anyone wishing to fully understand the origins of the women's rights movement.
In the quiet town of Seneca Falls, New York, over the course of two days in July, 1848, a small group of women and men, led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, held a convention that would launch the women's rights movement and change the course of history. In Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women's Rights Movement, Sally McMillen reveals, for the first time, the full significance of that revolutionary convention and the enormous changes it produced. The book covers 50 years of women's activism, from 1840 to 1890, focusing on four extraordinary figures--Mott, Stanton, Lucy Stone, and Susan B. Anthony. McMillen tells the stories of their lives, how they came to take up the cause of women's rights, the astonishing advances they made during their lifetimes, and the far-reaching effects of the work they did. At the convention they asserted full equality with men, argued for greater legal rights, greater professional and education opportunities, and the right to vote--ideas considered wildly radical at the time. Indeed, looking back at the convention two years later, Anthony called it "the grandest and greatest reform of all time."
In the quiet town of Seneca Falls, New York, over the course of two days in July, 1848, a small group of women and men, led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, held a convention that would launch the women's rights movement and change the course of history. In Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women's Rights Movement, Sally McMillen reveals, for the first time, the full significance of that revolutionary convention and the enormous changes it produced. The book covers 50 years of women's activism, from 1840 to 1890, focusing on four extraordinary figures--Mott, Stanton, Lucy Stone, and Susan B. Anthony. McMillen tells the stories of their lives, how they came to take up the cause of women's rights, the astonishing advances they made during their lifetimes, and the far-reaching effects of the work they did. At the convention they asserted full equality with men, argued for greater legal rights, greater professional and education opportunities, and the right to vote--ideas considered wildly radical at the time. Indeed, looking back at the convention two years later, Anthony called it "the grandest and greatest reform of all time."
Sally McMillen is the Mary Reynolds Babcock Professor of History and Department Chair at Davidson College. She is the author of Motherhood in the Old South and Southern Women: Black and White in the Old South. She lives in Davidson, North Carolina.
Introduction ; 1. Separate Spheres: Law, Faith, Tradition ; 2. Fashioning a Better World ; 3. Seneca Falls ; 4. The Woman's Movement Begins, 1850 - 1860 ; 5. War, Disillusionment, Division ; 6. Friction and Reunification, 1870 - 1890 ; Epilogue: "Make the World Better" ; Appendices ; The 1848 Declaration of Rights and Sentiments ; "Solitude of Self," Elizabeth Cady Stanton ; Endnotes ; Index ; Acknowledgments
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.9.2009 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Pivotal Moments in American History |
| Zusatzinfo | 28 black and white halftones |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 503 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-539333-3 / 0195393333 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-539333-0 / 9780195393330 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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