The Other Civil War American Women in the Nineteenth Century

by Colbert, C.C.

• ISBN13: 9780809016228
• ISBN10: 0809016222
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-30
• Publisher: Hill and Wang
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Summary

A lively, comprehensive account of the struggle for women's rights at a vital time in our national history. The American women who worked for our country's indepence in 1776 hoped the new Republic would grant them unprecedented power and influence. But it was not until the next century that a hardy group of pathbreakers began the slow march on the road to autonomy, a road American women continue to travel today. When "The Other Civil War was first published in 1984, it was hailed as a thought-provoking narrative of women's lives, among the first books to bring together the new accomplishments of the then-infant discipline of women's history. This revised edition offers a thoroughly updated bibliography, including not only new books and articles but also Internet sources from the past fifteen years of innovative scholarship.

Author Biography

Catherine Clinton is the author of many books, including The Plantation Mistress: Woman's World in the Old South and Civil War Stories. She lives in Riverside, Connecticut.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Revised Edition
Edging toward Equality	p. 3
Women's Work and the Cotton Revolution	p. 21
Ties That Bound	p. 40
Organization and Resistance	p. 54
Battling Women	p. 72
Natives and Immigrants	p. 97
Pathbreaking and Backlash	p. 121
Sexuality and Stereotypes	p. 147
Networks and Reform	p. 166
Divided and United	p. 188
Bibliographic Essay	p. 203
Index	p. 237
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