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1 online resource (xi, 231 pages) |
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-219) and index. |
| Contents |
1. The Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society: A Brief History -- 2. Boston in 1835 -- 3. Women of Antebellum Boston -- 4. Women in the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society -- 5. Divisions in the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society -- 6. The Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society Fair -- 7. Models of Womanhood within the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society -- 8. Conclusion. |
| Summary |
Why do some feminists advocate male-female equality while others remain committed to gender difference? What are the sociocultural foundations of these seemingly opposing gender constructs and why has the American feminist movement failed to articulate an ideology that encompasses both. Debra Gold Hansen explores the origins of the equality-versus-difference debate by examining the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society, which disbanded in 1840 over this very issue. After establishing a historical framework for women's lives in early nineteenth-century Boston, Hansen analyzes the membership of the Society along the lines of race, religion, and socioeconomic status. Through her findings, she concludes that many of the issues that estranged female abolitionists in antebellum Boston continue to divide women today, testifying not to the strength of the bonds between women but to the fragility of those ties. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2024. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) |
| Note |
All rights reserved. |
| Subject |
Boston Female Anti-slavery Society.
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Women abolitionists -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 19th century.
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Sex role -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 19th century.
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Antislavery movements -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
American Council of Learned Societies, issuing body.
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| In: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. http://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| ISBN |
0870238485 (alk. paper) |
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9780870238482 (alk. paper) |
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9781685750596 (ebk) |
| Standard No. |
heb40173 hdl |
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