Antebellum Women: Private, Public, Partisan

by Carol Lasser and Stacey Robertson

Book Overview

Antebellum Women: Private, Public, Partisan explores how diverse women understood, and acted upon, their varied constraints and worldviews in American society from the Revolution through the Civil War. Combining a review of the vast scholarship on early nineteenth-century gender and women with an assemblage of intriguing primary documents, this volume outlines three phases in women's engagement in civic and political activities: first as "deferential domestics," then as "companionate co-workers," and finally as "passionate partisans." The book includes a selection of primary documents.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742551970
• ISBN13: 9780742551978
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.7"