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Author Zboray, Ronald J.

Title Voices without votes : women and politics in antebellum New England / Ronald J. Zboray and Mary Saracino Zboray.

Publication Info. Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press ; Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, [2010]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  320.974 Z39V    Check Shelf
Description x, 306 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm.
Series Revisiting New England : the new regionalism
Revisiting New England.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-284]) and index.
Contents Introduction -- "I shall weep if Jackson is reelected" : Harriet Low and the "reign" of "King Andrew" Jackson -- "Becoming interested in politics" : women at the birth of the second party system -- "The most intellectual woman in Washington" : Eliza Davis as political wife -- "Siding with you in politics" : women's political polarization during the Van Buren administration -- "Whig to the back-bone" : women and mass politics in the 1840 campaign -- "But I will think the more" : Persis Sibley Andrews and the politics of covert partisanship -- "Shame on the woman who encourages the lawless proceeding" : women encounter radical democracy in the Dorr Rebellion -- "The shouts and responses of the multitude" : Sarah P.E. Hale as enthused and disaffected Whig -- "A most unprecedented act of invasion" : women, Mexico, and Taylor -- "Such a lukewarm spirit" : women divert their attentions during the 1852 campaign -- "I am Fremont, how is it with you?" : women and sectionalism -- "I read the papers as hard as I can" : women face the nightmare of civil war -- Epilogue.
Subject Women -- New England -- History -- 19th century.
Women -- Political activity -- New England -- History -- 19th century.
Women -- Books and reading -- New England -- History -- 19th century.
New England -- History -- 1775-1865.
Added Author Zboray, Mary Saracino, 1953-
Other Form: Online version: Zboray, Ronald J. Voices without votes. Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press ; Hanover [N.H.] : University Press of New England, c2010 (OCoLC)761133065
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