Signatures of citizenship [electronic resource] : petitioning, antislavery, and women's political identity / by Susan Zaeske.
Series: Gender & American culturePublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003.Description: xiii, 253 p. : illISBN:- 0807827592 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0807854263 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History
- Women abolitionists -- United States -- History
- Women political activists -- United States -- History
- Women social reformers -- United States -- History
- Women -- Political activity -- United States -- History
- Women -- United States -- Social conditions
- 305.42/0973 21
- HQ1236.5.U6 Z34 2003eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-244) and index.
The unfortunate word "petition" -- What can women do? -- A departure from their place -- A firebrand in our hands -- It's none of your business, gals -- Discreditable to the national character -- To shut against them this door -- Afterword, we can no longer be neglected or forgotten.
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