Rise of Public Woman Woman's Power and Woman's Place in the United States, 1630-1970

Name: Rise of Public Woman Woman's Power and Woman's Place in the United States, 1630-1970
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ISBN: 9780195090451

ISBN-10: 0195090454

ISBN-13: 9780195090451

Edition: 1992 (Reprint)

Authors: Glenna Matthews

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This richly woven history ranges from the seventeenth century to the present as it masterfully traces the movement of American women out of the home and into the public sphere. Matthews examines the Revolutionary War period, when women exercised political strength through the boycott of household goods and Elizabeth Freeman successfully sued for freedom from enslavement in one of the two cases that ended slavery in Massachusetts. She follows the expansion of the country west, where a developing frontier attracted strong, resourceful women, and into the growing cities, where women entered public life through employment in factories and offices. Matthews illuminates the contributions of such…

Book details

List price: $43.99
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/5/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.31" wide x 7.99" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English



Introduction



Woman's Power and Woman's Place in Seventeenth-Century America



The Erosion of Patriarchy



Women and Republicanism



The Power of the Word



"Woman's Place" and Public Space, 1800-1860



Northern Women and the Crisis of the Union



Public Womanhood and the Incorporation of America



A Kind of Power: Women and Politics, 1900-1960



Working-Class Women and Public Activism



The Rebirth of Feminism


Afterword


Notes


Index