Description |
x, 306 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm. |
Series |
Revisiting New England : the new regionalism |
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Revisiting New England.
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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.
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Women -- Political activity -- New England -- History -- 19th century.
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Women -- Books and reading -- New England -- History -- 19th century.
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New England -- History -- 1775-1865.
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Added Author |
Zboray, Mary Saracino, 1953-
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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 |
ISBN |
9781584658672 cloth alkaline paper |
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1584658673 cloth alkaline paper |
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9781584658689 paperback alkaline paper |
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1584658681 paperback alkaline paper |
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