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Signatures of Citizenship: Petitioning, Antislavery, & Women's Political Identity: Petitioning, Antislavery and Women's Political Identity (Gender and American Culture)
Susan Zaeske
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Description for Signatures of Citizenship: Petitioning, Antislavery, & Women's Political Identity: Petitioning, Antislavery and Women's Political Identity (Gender and American Culture)
Paperback. This history analyzes women's antislavery petitions, the speeches calling women to petition and public reaction from 1831 to 1865. It argues that petitioning not only made significant steps to abolish slavery but also contributed toward transforming women's political identity. Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 13 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSJ1; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
In this comprehensive history of women's antislavery petitions addressed to Congress, Susan Zaeske argues that by petitioning, women not only contributed significantly to the movement to abolish slavery but also made important strides toward securing their own rights and transforming their own political identity. By analyzing the language of women's antislavery petitions, speeches calling women to petition, congressional debates, and public reaction to women's petitions from 1831 to 1865, Zaeske reconstructs and interprets debates over the meaning of female citizenship. At the beginning of their political campaign in 1835 women tended to disavow the political nature of their petitioning, but ... Read more
In this comprehensive history of women's antislavery petitions addressed to Congress, Susan Zaeske argues that by petitioning, women not only contributed significantly to the movement to abolish slavery but also made important strides toward securing their own rights and transforming their own political identity. By analyzing the language of women's antislavery petitions, speeches calling women to petition, congressional debates, and public reaction to women's petitions from 1831 to 1865, Zaeske reconstructs and interprets debates over the meaning of female citizenship. At the beginning of their political campaign in 1835 women tended to disavow the political nature of their petitioning, but ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
Condition
New
Series
Gender and American Culture
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807854266
SKU
V9780807854266
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About Susan Zaeske
Susan Zaeske is associate professor of rhetoric at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Reviews for Signatures of Citizenship: Petitioning, Antislavery, & Women's Political Identity: Petitioning, Antislavery and Women's Political Identity (Gender and American Culture)
"A subtle and original analysis of women's antislavery petitioning to Congress that both historians and rhetoricians should consider essential reading." - Lori D. Ginzberg, Penn State University