Two Paths to Womens Equality: Temperance, Suffrage, and the Origins of Modern Feminism - Couverture rigide

Giele, Janet Zollinger

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0805797009 ISBN 13 : 9780805797008

Editeur : Twayne Publishers Inc.,U.S., 1995

Synopsis

Assesses the combined influence of temperance and suffrage on womans evolving role in American society. Traces the history of temperance and suffrage to womens involvement in missionary work, moral reform, and abolition between the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. Intensive study of the Womans Christian Temperance Union, founded in 1874, reveals what many will find to be its surprisingly wide scope of social concerns. The temperance women, often thought of in caricature as priggish, narrow-minded souls who abhorred alcohol, were largely motivated by the desire to eliminate the ill health, poverty, violence against women and children, and broken homes that resulted from its abuse. The Social Movements Past and Present Series offers thorough analyses of the ideas and actions that have changed the way Americans think and live. Each volume is written by a specialist drawing on the insights and methodologies of history, sociology, and political science.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Twayne Publishers Inc.,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0805797009
• ISBN 13: 9780805797008
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 310
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible