Women and the Work of Benevolence: Morality, Politics, and Class in the Nineteenth-Century United States

by Lori D. Ginzberg

Book Overview

Nineteenth-century middle-class Protestant women were fervent in their efforts to "do good." Rhetoric--especially in the antebellum years--proclaimed that virtue was more pronounced in women than in men and praised women for their benevolent influence, moral excellence, and religious faith. In this book, Lori D. Ginzberg examines a broad spectrum of benevolent work performed by middle- and upper-middle-class women from the 1820s to 185 and offers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300052545
• ISBN13: 9780300052541
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"