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Against the Tide Women Reformers in American Society
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Book Code: B5806
ISBN: 0-275-95806-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-95806-0
192 pages
Praeger Paperback
Publication: 2/28/1997
List Price: $28.95 (UK Sterling Price: £16.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Paperback
Trim Size: 6 1/8 X 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • [T]his collection of essays would...prove very valuable to Women's and American Studies, as well as History and Sociology scholars. It would certainly be a good addition to any academic library.
    —Journal of American Culture
  • The new addition by Paul A. Cimbala is a long overdue study of the black American-Canadian abolitionist, Mary Ann Shadd Cary....This is a good text for an advanced undergraduate course.
    —Journal of Women's History
Description: Against the Tide is a collection of in-depth biographical essays on the most important women reformers in American history. This reader will be useful in any history course that deals with the important contributions made by women to the development of our government and society from the early republic to today. The volume combines scholarly vitality with readability, making it appropriate for all levels of students.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Catherine Beecher and Domestic Relations by Kathleen Berkeley
  • Mary Ann Shad Carey and Black Abolitionism by Paul A. Cimbala
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Women's Rights Movement by Ann D. Gordon
  • Dorothea Dix and Mental Health Reform by Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn
  • Frances Willard and Temperance by Ian R. Tyrrell
  • Jane Addams and the Settlement House Movement by Louise W. Knight
  • Ida Wells-Barnett and the African-American Anti-Lynching Campaign by Lindo O. McMurry
  • Jessie Daniel Ames and the White Women's Anti-Lynching Campaign by Robert F. Martin
  • Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement by Ellen Chesler
  • Dorothy Day and the American Catholic Worker Movement by Anne Klejment
  • Betty Friedan and the National Organization for Women by Barbara McGowan
  • Select Bibliography on Women and Reform
  • Index
LC Card Number: 96-47662
LCC Class: HQ1412
Dewey Class: 303
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