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Informationen zum Autor MIRIAM GURKO is the author of a number of books of American history and biography. Her books include The Ladies of Seneca Falls, Restless Spirit: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millary, and Theodor Herzl: The Road to Israel. She died in 2003. Klappentext On July 13! 1848! five women conversed over tea in a small upstate New York town. The next day! the local newspaper carried their announcement inviting women to attend "A Convention to discuss the social! civil! and religious condition and rights of women.? A few days later! the American woman's right movement became reality. Miriam Gurko traces the course of the movement from its origin in the Seneca Falls Convention through the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment giving women the right to vote. She examines each of the movement's founders-Elizabeth Cady Stanton! Lucretia Mott! Susan B. Anthony! Lucy Stone! and others-to show the various backgrounds from which their feminist consciousness sprang and the unique contribution that each made to the destiny of the movement. This straightforward! comprehensive history of the early years of the woman's rights movement in America is essential background reading for anyone involved with women's studies. With 34 black-and-white illustrations Zusammenfassung On July 13! 1848! five women conversed over tea in a small upstate New York town. The next day! the local newspaper carried their announcement inviting women to attend “A Convention to discuss the social! civil! and religious condition and rights of women.? A few days later! the American woman's right movement became reality. Miriam Gurko traces the course of the movement from its origin in the Seneca Falls Convention through the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment giving women the right to vote. She examines each of the movement's founders—Elizabeth Cady Stanton! Lucretia Mott! Susan B. Anthony! Lucy Stone! and others—to show the various backgrounds from which their feminist consciousness sprang and the unique contribution that each made to the destiny of the movement. This straightforward! comprehensive history of the early years of the woman's rights movement in America is essential background reading for anyone involved with women's studies. With 34 black-and-white illustrations Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Ladies of Seneca Falls 1 2. “What Does a Woman Want?” 5 3. Mary Wollstonecraft 15 4. From Colonial Dames to American Ladies 21 5. From Abolition to Woman’s Rights: I. The Grimké Sisters 30 6. From Abolition to Woman’s Rights: II. Lucretia Mott 47 7. Elizabeth Cady Stanton 56 8. Margaret Fuller 70 9. The Road to Seneca Falls 82 10. The Convention 93 11. Susan B. Anthony 108 12. Lucy Stone 122 13. Bloomerism 141 14. The Rub-a-dub of Agitation 155 15. Who Holds the Purse Strings 172 16. Lucy Stone and the Lucy Stoners 184 17. The Radical Team of Stanton-Anthony 194 18. Civil War and After: Who Gets the Vote? 207 19. George Francis Train and The Revolution 219 20. Schism 230 21. Are Women Persons? 238 22. The "Antis" 257 23. Beyond Suffrage 270 24. "The Solitude of Self: 281 25. The Grand Old Ladies 291 26. "The Stone That Started the Ripple" 302 Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions (1848) 307 Chronology 312 Bibliography 316 Index 321...
