Women and reform in a New England community, 1815-1860 /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Carolyn J. Lawes
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 265 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-258) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Keeping the faith: women's leadership in an orthodox congregational church -- Missionaries and more: women, sewing, and the Antebellum sewing circle -- Maternal politics: gender and the formation of the Worcester Children's Friend Society -- "Rachel weeping for her children": mothers, children, and the Antebellum foster family -- From feminism to female employment: organized women in Worcester in the 1850s
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Title
Women and reform in a New England community, 1815-1860.
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Children's Friend Society-- History
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Women political activists-- Massachusetts-- Worcester-- History-- 19th century
Women social reformers-- Massachusetts-- Worcester-- History-- 19th century
Women's rights-- Massachusetts-- Worcester-- History-- 19th century