Breaking new ground : [electronic resource] American women, 1800-1848 / Michael Goldberg.
By: Goldberg, Michael L.
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TextSeries: The young Oxford history of women in the United States ; v. 4. Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, c1994Description: 141 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0195082028 (acid-free paper); 9780195082029 (acid-free paper); 0195088301 (ser. : acid-free paper); 9780195088304 (ser. : acid-free paper).Other title: American women, 1800-1848.Subject(s): Women -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature | Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature | United States -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature | Women -- History -- 19th century | Women -- Social conditions | United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865 | Femmes -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse | Femmes -- États-Unis -- Conditions sociales -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse | États-Unis -- Conditions sociales -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesseDDC classification: 305.4/0973/09034 Online resources: Book review (H-Net) | Publisher description | Contributor biographical information | Free eBook from the Internet Archive | Additional information and access via Open Library Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-139) and index.
Introduction / Nancy F. Cott. -- Reasons of the heart: marriage and courtship. -- Working in the home, working the fields, working for wages. -- Stepping stones: women's education. -- A higher vision: religious activity and utopian communities. -- Conquerors and conquered. -- Stepping out: women in public. -- The politics of resistance: women against slavery. -- 1848: the year of revolution. -- Chronology.