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The Fair Sex : White Women and Racial Patriarchy in the Early American Republic
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Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2002. Once the egalitarian passions of the American Revolution had dimmed, the new nation settled into a conservative period that saw the legal and social subordin...
Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2002. Once the egalitarian passions of the American Revolution had dimmed, the new nation settled into a conservative period that saw the legal and social subordination of women and non-white men. Among the Founders who brought the fledgling government into being were those who sought to establish order through the reconstruction of racial and gender hierarchies. In this effort they enlisted "the fair sex, "&#--white women. Politicians, ministers, writers, husbands, fathers and brothers entreated Anglo-American women to assume responsibility for the nation's vir.
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- English
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- New York : NYU Press, 2005
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- 1 online resource (255 pages)
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- 9780814739976, 0814739970, 9780814797631
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- ocn780425896
- Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Race, Gender, and Woman Citizenship in theAmerican Founding; 2 Toward a Theory of Racial Patriarchy; 3 The Ideology of the "Fair Sex"; 4 The Philosopher Queen and the U.S. Constitution:Mercy Otis Warren as a Reluctant Signatory; 5 From Revolution to Racial Patriarchy: The PoliticalPragmatism of Abigail Adams; 6 Gleaning a Self between the Lines: Judith SargentMurray and the American Enlightenment; 7 Conclusion; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
Subjects
- Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728-1814.
- Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818.
- Murray, Judith Sargent, 1751-1820.
- Sex role -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
- Women -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
- Political culture -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
- Patriarchy -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809.
- United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 18th century.