Opis: First of Causes to Our Sex - Daniel S. Wright, D Wright

"The First of Causes to Our Sex" is a study of the first movement in the United States for social change by and for women. Female moral reform in the 1830s and '40s was a campaign to abolish sexual vice and the sexual double standard, and to promote sexual abstinence among the young as they entered the marriage market. The movement has earned a place in U.S. women's history, but most research has focused on it as an urban phenomenon, and sought its significance in relation to the cause of women's rights or to the regulation of prostitution. This study explores the appeal of moral reform to rural women, who were the vast majority of its constituency, and sees it as a response to seminal changes in family formation and family size in the context of an increasingly market-oriented and mobile society. It was led by Yankee women who were fired by Second Great Awakening revivals and supported by reformist clergy.Abstract List of Tables Introduction 1. THE FEMINIZATION OF MORAL REFORM A. Beginnings in New York City B. Boston C. Independence Declared 2. ECCLESIASTICAL AND RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND A. Ecclesiastical Springboard B. Setting the Stage: Earlier Women's Associations C. The Ministry and Moral Reform: the Examples of Cheshire County D. The Results of Revivalism:Rindge and Grafron 3. THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT A. The Geography of the Cause B. The Determinants of Moral Reform's Numerical Strength C. Corroboration of the Model 4. THE LOGICAL CONTEXT OF MORAL REFORM: FAMILY, CLASS, POLITICS A. Winchendon B. Grafton C. Rindge 5. A FEMINIZED ARGUMENT AND PROGRAM A. Forging a Distinctive Argument B. Endorsement and an Objection by the Auxiliaries C. Shaping the Program D. Moral Reform, Fertility Decline, and Middle Class Formation 6. LEGISLATING MORAL REFORM A. An Improving Climate for Legislation B. The Challenges of Framing and Passing Legislation C. Gauging Support: Grafton and the New York State Legislature Conclusion Appendix Bibliography

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Tytuł: First of Causes to Our Sex
Autor: Daniel S. Wright, D Wright
Producent: Routledge
ISBN: 9780415979108
Rok produkcji: 2006
Ilość stron: 224
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 0.52 kg

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