Articulating rights : nineteenth-century American women on race, reform, and the state / Alison M. Parker.
Parker, Alison M. (Alison Marie), 1965-
2010
HQ1236.5.U6 P37 2010 (Mapit)
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Title Articulating rights : nineteenth-century American women on race, reform, and the state / Alison M. Parker.
Author Parker, Alison M. (Alison Marie), 1965-
ISBN 9780875804163 (alk. paper)
0875804160 (alk. paper)
Publication Details DeKalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois University Press, c2010.
Language English
Description xii, 290 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Call Number HQ1236.5.U6 P37 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 323.092/273
Summary This volume presents a study of six notable reformers, illuminating the connections between the gradual transformation of reform strategies over the course of the 19th century and the political ideas of the reformers themselves. The author argues that American women's political thought evolved from an emphasis on reform through moral persuasion and local control into an endorsement of expanded federal power and a strong central state. This book reveals Fanny Wright, Sarah Grimké, Angelina Grimké Weld, Frances Watkins Harper, Frances Willard, and Mary Church Terrell to be political thinkers who were engaged in re-conceptualizing the relationship between the state and its citizens.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction
Frances Wright : moral suasion and states' rights
Sarah and Angelina Grimké : women's political engagement
Frances Watkins Harper : civil rights and the role of the state
Frances Willard : federal regulations for the common good
Mary Church Terrell : critiques of "White lawlessness"
Conclusion.

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