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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Main Author: Cutter, Barbara (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, [2003]
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Call Number: HQ1418 .C88 2003
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