The Political Thought of America’s Founding Feminists / / Lisa Pace Vetter, Lisa Pace Vetter.
Recovering the powerful and influential contributions of women from the nation’s formative yearsThe Political Thought of America’s Founding Feminists traces the significance of Frances Wright, Harriet Martineau, Angelina and Sarah Grimké, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Sojourner Truth in...
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| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Political Theory and the Founding of American Feminism
- 1. Lifting the “Claud- Lorraine Tint” over the Republic: Frances Wright’s Critique of Society and Manners in America
- 2. Harriet Martineau on the Theory and Practice of Democracy in America
- 3. Facing the “Sledge Hammer of Truth”: Angelina Grimké and the Rhetoric of Reform
- 4. Sarah Grimké’s Quaker Liberalism
- 5. “The Most Belligerent Non- Resistant”: Lucretia Mott on Women’s Rights
- 6. Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s Rhetoric of Ridicule and Reform
- 7. The Shadow and the Substance of Sojourner Truth
- Conclusion: America’s Founding Feminists
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author