This documentary narrative focuses on the first national women's rights convention and the period of history surrounding it. Assessing the convention within the context of 1850s ante-bellum reform efforts, the author presents relevant documents without bias, allowing students to come to their own conclusions about this critical period in American history.
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Höhe: 233 mm
Breite: 162 mm
Dicke: 8 mm
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978-0-15-507941-0 (9780155079410)
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Prologue - "call" to 20th anniversary Woman's Rights Convention (1870). Introduction - "The Upward Tending Spirit of the Age". Part I Contemporary views of reform and of women's nature and proper sphere. Part II The convention recreated (from the proceedings and contemporary nmew accounts). Part III Reactions.
