1st Edition
The First of Causes to Our Sex The Female Moral Reform Movement in the Antebellum Northeast, 1834-1848
By Daniel S. Wright
Copyright 2006
290 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
290 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
290 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
1. The Feminization of Moral Reform 2. Ecclesiastical and Religious Background 3. The Social and Cultural Context 4. The Logical Context of Moral Reform: Family, Class, Politics 5. A Feminized Argument and Program 6. Legislating Moral Reform
Biography
Daniel S. Wright
