| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xix, 275 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Utopianism and communitarianism
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Sojourner truth / Wendy E. Chmielewski -- Women's experiences in the American Owenite communities / Carol A. Kolmerten -- Heaven on earth / Wendy E. Chmielewski -- Creative women of Brook Farm / Lucy M. Freibert -- Shaker fancy goods / Beverly Gordon -- "In the bonds of true love and friendship" / Rosemary D. Gooden -- Sexual equality and economic authority / Karen K. Nickless and Pamela J. Nickless -- "Tho' of the weaker sex" / Priscilla J. Brewer -- Organizing for service / Mary J. Oates -- "Diamond cut diamond" / Kathy Marquis -- Family love, true womanliness, motherhood, and the socialization of girls in the Oneida Community, 1848-1880 / Marilyn Klee-Hartzell -- Pronatalism, midwifery, and synergistic marriage / Louis J. Kern -- Female education in the Lubavitcher Community / Bonnie Morris -- Colony girl / Ruth Baer Lambach -- The power of feminism at Twin Oaks Community / Zena Goldenberg |
| Subject |
Collective settlements -- History.
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Communal living -- History.
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Utopian socialism -- History.
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Monasticism and religious orders for women -- History.
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Women -- History.
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| Added Author |
Chmielewski, Wendy E.
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Kern, Louis J., 1943-
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Klee-Hartzell, Marlyn.
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| ISBN |
0815625693 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0815625685 (alk. paper) |
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