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Water Drops from Women Writers: A Temperance Reader
Carol Mattingly
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Description for Water Drops from Women Writers: A Temperance Reader
Hardcover. A collection of 19 temperance tales. Carol Mattingly's introduction provides a context for these stories, locating the pieces within the temperance movement as well as within larger issues in women's studies. The authors include Louisa May Alcott, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and others. Num Pages: 288 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; DNF; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
The temperance movement was the largest single organizing force for women in American history, uniting and empowering women seeking to enact social change. By the end of the century, more than two hundred thousand women had become members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), and numerous others belonged to smaller temperance organizations. Despite the impact of the movement, its literature has been largely neglected. In this collection of nineteen temperance tales, Carol Mattingly has recovered and revalued previously unavailable writing by women. Mattingly's introduction provides a context for these stories, locating the pieces within the temperance movement as well ... Read more
The temperance movement was the largest single organizing force for women in American history, uniting and empowering women seeking to enact social change. By the end of the century, more than two hundred thousand women had become members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), and numerous others belonged to smaller temperance organizations. Despite the impact of the movement, its literature has been largely neglected. In this collection of nineteen temperance tales, Carol Mattingly has recovered and revalued previously unavailable writing by women. Mattingly's introduction provides a context for these stories, locating the pieces within the temperance movement as well ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809323999
SKU
V9780809323999
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About Carol Mattingly
Carol Mattingly is the director of the Writing Center at the University of Louisville. She is the author of Well-Tempered Women. Nineteenth-Century Temperance Rhetoric.
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