The Abolitionist Sisterhood
Title | The Abolitionist Sisterhood PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Fagan Yellin |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2018-05-31 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1501711423 |
A small group of black and white American women who banded together in the 1830s and 1840s to remedy the evils of slavery and racism, the "antislavery females" included many who ultimately struggled for equal rights for women as well. Organizing fundraising fairs, writing pamphlets and giftbooks, circulating petitions, even speaking before "promiscuous" audiences including men and women—the antislavery women energetically created a diverse and dynamic political culture. A lively exploration of this nineteenth-century reform movement, The Abolitionist Sisterhood includes chapters on the principal female antislavery societies, discussions of black women's political culture in the antebellum North, articles on the strategies and tactics the antislavery women devised, a pictorial essay presenting rare graphics from both sides of abolitionist debates, and a final chapter comparing the experiences of the American and British women who attended the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London.
The Weston Sisters
Title | The Weston Sisters PDF eBook |
Author | Lee V. Chambers |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 348 |
Release | 2014-11-15 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1469618184 |
The Westons were among the most well-known abolitionists in antebellum Massachusetts, and each of the Weston sisters played an integral role in the family's work. The eldest, Maria Weston Chapman, became one of the antislavery movement's most influential members. In an extensive and original look at the connections among women, domesticity, and progressive political movements, Lee V. Chambers argues that it was the familial cooperation and support between sisters, dubbed "kin-work," that allowed women like the Westons to participate in the political process, marking a major change in women's roles from the domestic to the public sphere. The Weston sisters and abolitionist families like them supported each other in meeting the challenges of sickness, pregnancy, child care, and the myriad household responsibilities that made it difficult for women to engage in and sustain political activities. By repositioning the household and family to a more significant place in the history of American politics, Chambers examines connections between the female critique of slavery and patriarchy, ultimately arguing that it was family ties that drew women into the activism of public life and kept them there.
The Grimké Sisters from South Carolina
Title | The Grimké Sisters from South Carolina PDF eBook |
Author | Gerda Lerner |
Publisher | Univ of North Carolina Press |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 2009-11-20 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780807868096 |
A landmark work of women's history originally published in 1967, Gerda Lerner's best-selling biography of Sarah and Angelina Grimke explores the lives and ideas of the only southern women to become antislavery agents in the North and pioneers for women's rights. This revised and expanded edition includes two new primary documents and an additional essay by Lerner. In a revised introduction Lerner reinterprets her own work nearly forty years later and gives new recognition to the major significance of Sarah Grimke's feminist writings.
Beginnings of Sisterhood
Title | Beginnings of Sisterhood PDF eBook |
Author | Keith E. Melder |
Publisher | New York : Schocken Books |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Political Science |
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The Grimké Sisters
Title | The Grimké Sisters PDF eBook |
Author | Catherine H. Birney |
Publisher | |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 1885 |
Genre | Abolitionists |
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Networks and Spheres
Title | Networks and Spheres PDF eBook |
Author | Beth Ann Salerno |
Publisher | |
Pages | 488 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Antislavery movements |
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Equality for All
Title | Equality for All PDF eBook |
Author | Marcia Ann Wilson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 130 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Abolitionists |
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