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10%OFFPauline E. Schloesser - The Fair Sex. White Women and Racial Patriarchy in the Early American Republic.  - 9780814797624 - V9780814797624
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The Fair Sex. White Women and Racial Patriarchy in the Early American Republic.

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Description for The Fair Sex. White Women and Racial Patriarchy in the Early American Republic. Paperback. Examines the role of white women in perpetuating racism after the American Revolution. The author examines the lives and writings of three women of the period - Mercy Otis Warren, Abigall Smith Adams, and Judith Sargent Murray.This book sheds light on a previously unknown chapter in race and gender relations in the early American Republic. Num Pages: 243 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 349.

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 virtue. Thus, although disfranchised, they served an important national function, that of civilizing ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
Number of Pages
243
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814797624
SKU
V9780814797624
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Pauline E. Schloesser
Pauline Schloesser is Associate Professor of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University.

Reviews for The Fair Sex. White Women and Racial Patriarchy in the Early American Republic.
This book should be viewed as a jumping-off point to examine the theory of racial patriarchy at different times and places throughout American history.
The Journal of American History
Provides an excellent theory for understanding the mutual constitution of race and gender in the formation of & womens identity
Women & Politics
Combining methodologies from history ... Read more

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