Radical Friend: Amy Kirby Post and Her Activist Worlds

by Nancy A. Hewitt

Book Overview

A pillar of radical activism in nineteenth-century America, Amy Kirby Post (1802-89) participated in a wide range of movements and labored tirelessly to orchestrate ties between issues, causes, and activists. A conductor on the Underground Railroad, co-organizer of the 1848 Rochester Woman's Rights Convention, and a key figure in progressive Quaker, antislavery, feminist, and spiritualist communities, Post sustained movements locally, regionally,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469640325
• ISBN13: 9781469640327
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.6" x 9.7"