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Author Boylan, Anne M., 1947-

Title The Origins of Women : New York and Boston, 1797-1840
Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (360 pages)
Contents Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Patterns of Organization; 2. Domesticity and Organizational Work; 3. Portraits of Women Organizers; 4. Politics; 5. Economies; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Women's Organizations; Appendix 2: Tables; Notes; Index
Summary Tracing the deep roots of women's activism in America, this text analyses over 70 women's volunteer associations in the decades following the Revolution. She explores the aims and foundation of these groups and how they were structured, as well as their effect on defining women's roles
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-329) and index
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Subject Women -- United States -- Societies and clubs -- History
Women social reformers -- United States -- History
Women political activists -- United States -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
Women political activists
Women social reformers
Women -- Societies and clubs
Aktivismus
Politisches Handeln
Sozialreformerin
Politik
Vrouwenemancipatie.
Activisme.
Sociale hervormingen.
Vrouwenorganisaties.
United States
USA
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780807861257
0807861251
0807827304
9780807827307
0807854042
9780807854044