Rise of Public Woman : Woman's Power and Woman's Place in the United States, ...

by Glenna Matthews

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Rise of Public Woman : Woman's Power and Woman's Place in the United States, 1, Paperback by Matthews, Glenna, ISBN 0195090454, ISBN-13 9780195090451, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US This richly woven history ranges from the seventeenth century to the present as it masterfully traces the movement of American women out of the home and into the public sphere. Matthews examines the Revolutionary War period, when women exercised political strength through the boycott of household goods and Elizabeth Freeman successfully sued for freedom from enslavement in one of the two cases that ended slavery in Massachusetts. She follows the expansion of the country west, where a developing frontier attracted strong, resourceful women, and into the growing cities, where women entered public life through employment in factories and offices. Matthews illuminates the contributions of such outstanding Civil War women as Mary Ann "Mother" Bickerdyke, who supervised a cattle drive down the banks of the Mississippi so that soldiers would have fresh milk; Clara Barton, whose humanitarian work on behalf of the International Red Cross led her to become the first American woman to serve as official representative of the federal government; and Sojourner Truth, the impassioned black orator who devoted herself to emancipation. And Matthews brings the narrative to the 1970s, detailing the growing presence of women in American politics--from the suffrage marches of the early twentieth century,

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Year: 1994
• Binding: Paperback
• ISBN: 9780195090451
• Condition: Good

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