Vetter, Lisa Pace, 1968-

The political thought of America's founding feminists /Lisa Pace Vetter. - New York : New York University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: political theory and the founding of American feminism -- Lifting the "Claud-Lorraine tint" over the Republic: Frances Wright's critique -- Of society and manners in America -- Harriet Martineau on the theory and practice of democracy in America -- Facing the "sledge hammer of truth": Angelina Grimke and the rhetoric of reform -- Sarah Grimke's Quaker liberalism -- "The most belligerent non-resistant": Lucretia Mott on women's rights -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton's rhetoric of ridicule and reform -- The shadow and the substance of Sojourner Truth -- Conclusion.



9781479867752


Feminists--United States.
Feminism--History--United States--19th century.


Electronic Books.

HQ1423 / .P655 2017