Signatures of Citizenship Petitioning, Antislavery, and Women's Political Identity

Name: Signatures of Citizenship Petitioning, Antislavery, and Women's Political Identity
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ISBN: 9780807854266

ISBN-10: 0807854263

ISBN-13: 9780807854266

Edition: 2003

Authors: Susan Zaeske

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In this comprehensive history of women's antislavery petitions addressed to Congress, Susan Zaeske argues that by petitioning, women not only contributed significantly to the movement to abolish slavery but also made important strides toward securing their own rights and transforming their own political identity. By analyzing the language of women's antislavery petitions, speeches calling women to petition, congressional debates, and public reaction to women's petitions from 1831 to 1865, Zaeske reconstructs and interprets debates over the meaning of female citizenship. At the beginning of their political campaign in 1835 women tended to disavow the political nature of their petitioning,…

Book details

List price: $42.50
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 3/3/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Susan Zaeske is associate professor of rhetoric at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.



Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction A Touching, Ludicrous, Edifying History



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


Bibliography


Index