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Author Lawes, Carolyn J., 1958-

Title Women and reform in a New England community, 1815-1860 / Carolyn J. Lawes.

Imprint Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015.
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Description 1 online resource (284 pages)
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Summary Interpretations of women in the antebellum period have long dwelt upon the notion of public versus private gender spheres. As part of the ongoing reevaluation of the prehistory of the women's movement, Carolyn Lawes challenges this paradigm and the primacy of class motivation. She studies the women of antebellum Worcester, Massachusetts, discovering that whatever their economic background, women there publicly worked to remake and improve their community in their own image. Lawes analyzes the organized social activism of the mostly middle-class, urban, white women of Worcester and finds that t.
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Subjects Children's Friend Society -- History.
Women political activists -- Massachusetts -- Worcester -- History -- 19th century.
Women social reformers -- Massachusetts -- Worcester -- History -- 19th century.
Women's rights -- Massachusetts -- Worcester -- History -- 19th century.
Worcester (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Worcester (Mass.) -- Politics and government.
Worcester (Mass.) -- Social conditions.
ADD KEYWDS Children's Friend Society. (OCoLC)fst00639450
Added Keyword SOCIAL SCIENCE Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE Minority Studies.
HISTORY United States 19th Century.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Women political activists.
Women social reformers.
Women's rights.
Massachusetts Worcester.
History.
Sources.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Keeping the Faith; 2 Missionaries and More; 3 Maternal Politics; 4 ""Rachel Weeping for Her Children''; Illustrations; 5 From Feminism to Female Employment; Conclusion; Appendix: Statistical Data; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W.
ISBN 9780813148182
0813148189
OCLC # eMOe900344751