Free hearts and free homes [electronic resource] : gender and American antislavery politics / Michael D. Pierson

Author	Pierson, Michael D
Title	Free hearts and free homes [electronic resource] : gender and American antislavery politics / Michael D. Pierson
Imprint	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003
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Descript	xiii, 250 p. ; 25 cm

CONTENT

Liberty party gender ideologies -- From liberty to free soil : gender and emancipation -- Antislavery women and the triumph of domestic feminism -- Democrats and the defense of patriarchy -- Gender in the 1856 Republican campaign -- Republican women and the 1856 election -- Republican gender ideology in 1860

Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- 19th century United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1861 Political parties -- United States -- History -- 19th century Women abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century Sex role -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century Women in politics -- United States -- History -- 19th century Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century Electronic books.