Domestic devils, battlefield angels : the radicalism of American womanhood, 1830-1865 / Barbara Cutter.
"Cutter argues that "redemptive womanhood"--The idea that women hold active responsibility for the nation's moral and religious health - is the key element of gender ideology in antebellum and Civil War America. In this era, society for the first time allowed and encouraged women...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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DeKalb :
Northern Illinois University Press,
[2003]
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HQ1418 .C88 2003 |
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Status: | Available Request this item |