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Constantia: A Study of the Life and Works of Judith Sargent Murray, 1751-1820
by Vena Bernadette Field. 122 pgs.

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Board of Editors for This Issue

Foreword

Preface

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Chapter I Life of Judith Sargent Murray

Chapter II The "Gleaner" Essays

Chapter III Dramatic Works

Chapter IV Poems and Edited Works

Bibliography

Index
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Women's Rights in the United States: A Documentary History ("Document 11: 'On the Equality of the Sexes' (Constantia, 1790)" begins on p. 27)
by Winston E. Langley, Vivian C. Fox. 366 pgs.

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The passion, pain, victories, and disappointments of the struggle for women's social, political, legal, economic, and educational rights in America from colonial times through 1993 are dramatized in this comprehensive documentary history. A rich panoply of voices and viewpoints, from feminists of diverse socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds to opposition leaders, make this an important resource for research and student debate on landmark issues of social and political justice. Letters, personal narratives, policy statements, laws, court decisions, and even poetry are featured in the collection. Organized into five chronological periods, the 125 documents included here integrate the dynamics of the movement into the historical period in which they were written. Each period and each document is preceded by an explanatory introduction that puts it in historical context. The collection provides many documents not found elsewhere and shows that the struggle for women's rights is a process that is still continuing as we approach the 21st century.

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ADVISORY BOARD

Copyright Acknowledgments

Contents

Series Foreword

Preface

Introduction

Significant Dates in the History of Women's Rights

Part I A Flavor of the Setting: Colonial Period to the Adoption of the Constitution

NOTE

Document 1: Biblical Authority and Women's Rights

Document 2: Commentaries on the Laws of England (William Blackstone, 1765)

Document 3: The Examination of Mrs. Ann Hutchinson (1637)

Document 4: John Winthrop's View of a "Woman's Place" (1645)

Document 5: A Seventeenth Century Quaker Women's Declaration (1675)

Document 6: Interaction Among Quaker Women: a Glimpse (1708-1726)

Document 7: Letter to Catherine Ray (Benjamin Franklin, 1755)

Document 8: An Occasional Letter on the Female Sex (Thomas Paine, 1775)

Document 9: A Lack of Good Faith? (1776)

Document 10: Sentiments of an American Woman (1780)

Document 11: "On the Equality of the Sexes" (Constantia, 1790)

Document 12: The Rights of Seneca Women (1790-1791)

Document 13: Did Women Gain from the Revolution? (1790-1791)

Part II The Republican Order and the Cracks in Its Design, 1790-1865

Document 14: Religion, Virtue and the Behavior of Women (1770)

Document 15: Thoughts Upon Female Education (Benjamin Rush, 1787)

Document 16: Report on Manufactures (Alexander Hamilton, 1791)

Document 17: The Valedictory and Salutatory Orations of Women at The Young Ladies Academy of Philadelphia (1792 and 1793)

Document 18: Women as Industrial Workers, Organizers, and Strikers in the 1830s and 1840s

Document 19: To the Friends of Christian Education (1835)

Document 20: Dissertation on the Characteristic Differences Between the Sexes (Thomas R. Drew, 1835)

Document 21: Letters to Catherine Beecher (Angelina Grimké, 1838)

Document 22: Pastoral Letter of the General Association of Massachusetts (Orthodox) to the Churches under Their Care (1837)

Document 23: Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women (Sarah Grimké, 1837)

Document 24: "The Times that Try Men's Souls" (Maria Weston Chapman, 1837)

Document 25: Discourse on Female Influence (Jonathan Stearns, 1837)

Document 26: The Right of the People, Men and Women, to Petition (1838)

Document 27: Shaw v. Shaw (1845)

Document 28: The Admission of the First Woman to a Male Medical College (Steven Smith, M.D., 1847)

Document 29: Married Women's Property Acts, New York (1848-1849)

Document 30: Declaration of Sentiments (1848)

Document 31: The Rights of Women: A Reaction to Seneca Falls (Frederick Douglass, 1848)

Document 34: "Ain't I a Woman?" (Sojourner Truth, 1851)

Document 35: "On the Education of Females" (Paulina W. Davis, 1851)

Document 36: Syracuse National Woman's Rights Convention (1852)

Document 37: New York State Temperance Convention, Rochester (1852)

Document 38: Constitutional Convention of Massachusetts (July 1853)

Document 39: Women's Rights Convention, New York (August 1853)

Document 40: Changes in Women's Economic Conditions (1853)

Document 41: Have We A Despotism Among Us! (1854)

Document 42: Marriage under Protest (Henry Blackwell and Elizabeth Stone, 1855)<

Document 43: Condition of Black Women Before the Civil War (mid-1850s)

Document 44: Commonwealth V. Patrick Fogerty (1857)

Document 45: Hair V. Hair (1858)

Document 46: Address on Behalf of the New York Divorce Bill (Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1861)

Document 47: Changes in the Married Women's Property Act of 1860, New York, and Some Reactions to Them

Document 48: Recognition of Anna Ella Carroll's Military Contribution to the Civil War (1881)

Document 49: The Loyal Women of the Country to Abraham Lincoln (1863)

Document 50: Petition to the Senate and House of Representatives and Editorial by Theodore Tilton of the New York Independent, Regarding Women's Suffrage and the Fourteenth Amendment (1865)

Part III The Suffrage Issue: One among Many, 1866-1920

Document 51: Congressional Debate on Women's Suffrage (1866)

Document 52: "Keep the Thing Going While Things Are Stirring" (Sojourner Truth, 1867)

Document 53: The Fourteenth Amendment (1868)

Document 56: The Fifteenth Amendment (1870)

Document 57: Address of Victoria C. Woodhull to the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives (1871)

Document 58: The Comstock Law (1873)

Document 59: U.S. v. Susan B. Anthony (1873)

Document 60: Bradwell v. Illinois (1873)

Document 61: "Social Purity" (Susan B. Anthony, 1875)

Document 62: Testimony on Prostitution (1876)

Document 63: Socialist Statement on Women's Rights (The First International, 1876)

Document 64: 1876 Declaration of Rights

Document 65: Letter to Susan B. Anthony (1881)

Document 66: "The Relation of the Sexes to Government" (Edward D. Cope, 1888)

Document 67: "Solitude of Self" (Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1892)

Document 68: "A Letter on Woman Suffrage from One Woman to Another" (1894)

Document 69: The Woman's Bible (Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1895)

Document 70: Black and White Women's Clubs-- Some Goals (1895)

Document 71: Women's Constitution and Health--Some Interpretations (1870, 1895)

Document 72: Women and Economics (Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1898)

Document 73: Muller v. Oregon (1908)

Document 74: Reactions to Socialists' Position on Women's Rights (1907)

Document 75: The Lady (emily James Putnam, 1910)

Document 76: History of Women in Industry in the United States (1910)

Document 77: The Traffic in Women and Marriage and Love (Emma Goldman, 1910)

Document 78: Hearings on Women's Suffrage Before the House Committee on the Judiciary (1912)

Document 79: Woman's Share in Social Culture (Anna Garlin Spencer, 1912)

Document 80: from a Drunkard's Wife (1894)

Document 80: From a Drunkard's Wife (1894)

Document 82: The Nineteenth Amendment (1920)

Part IV A Woman Is a Woman Is a Woman: The Struggle Continues, 1920-1963

NOTES

Document 83: "The Flapper and Her Critics" (Gerald E. Critoph, Early 1920s)

Document 84: Adkins V. Children's Hospital (1923)

Document 86: A League of Women Voters Survey of the Legal Status of Women (1924)

Document 87: "Shall Women Throw Away Their Privileges?" (Edward C. Lukens, 1925)

Document 88: "Women Should Have Equal Rights with Men: a Reply" (Burnita S. Matthews, 1926)

Document 89: Working Women Respond to the Equal Rights Amendment (1920-1940)

Document 91: "Challenging Sexual Discrimination in the Historical Profession" (Jacqueline Goggin, circa 1930s)

Document 92: Gender at Work: The Depression and World War II (1933)

Document 93: Employed Mothers and Child Care During the Depression and World War II (circa 1940)

Document 94: Puerto Rican and Black Women's Paid Labor (1940s)

Document 95: Goesaert v. Cleary (1948)

Document 97: Planned Parenthood (early 1950s)

Document 99: Hoyt v. Florida (1961)

Document 100: The Feminine Mystique (Betty Friedan, 1963)

Part V At the Crossroads, 1963-1993

Document 101: The Equal Pay Act of 1963

Document 102: The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Document 103: "Notes of a Radical Lesbian" (Martha Shelly, 1969)

Document 104: "The Secretarial Proletariat" (Judith Ann, 1970)

Document 105: The Dialectics of Sex (Shulamith Firestone, 1970)

Document 107: The Equal Rights Amendment and Some Arguments Pro and Con (1972)

Document 108: The Second Revolution (1973)

Document 109: Frontiero v. Richardson (1973)

Document 110: Roe v. Wade (1973)

Document 111: "Day Care in Connecticut: Problems and Perspectives" (1975)

Document 112: Diary of a Student-Mother-Housewife- Worker (mid-1970s)

Document 113: The Battered Woman (Lenore E. Walker, 1979)

Document 114: Rostker v. Goldberg (1981)

Document 115: The Second Stage (Betty Friedan, 1981)

Document 116: Black Women and Feminism (Bell Hooks, 1981)

Document 117: The Equality Trap (Mary Ann Mason, 1988)

Document 118: Perspectives on Pornography (1991)

Document 119: The Civil Rights Act of 1991

Document 120: U.S. Roman Catholic Bishops' Letter on Women (1992)

Document 121: "Science vs. the Female Scientist" (Shirley M. Tilghman, 1993)

Document 122: The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993

Document 123: Policy on the Assignment of Women in the Armed Forces (1993)

Document 124: "Special Versus Equal Treatment" (1993)

Document 125: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

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Women's Organizations

Bibliography

Index

About the Authors
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Playing with Republican Motherhood: Self-Representation in Plays by Susanna Haswell Rowson and Judith Sargent Murray, in Early American Literature
by Amelia Howe Kritzer. 17 pgs.

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Objects of Speculation: Early Manuscripts on Women and Education by Judith Sargent (Stevens) Murray, in Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers
by Karen L. Schiff. 16 pgs.

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Toward an Intellectual History of Women: Essays (Includes discussion of Judith Sargent Murray in multiple chapters)
by Linda K. Kerber. 352 pgs.

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The essays in this volume address the role of women in early American history and, more broadly, in intellectual and cultural history and explore the rhetoric of historiography. Prefaced with an eloquent and personal introduction, these writings illustrate the evolution of a vital field of inquiry and trace the intellectual development of one of its leading scholars.

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Gender & American Culture

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Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

I Finding Women in the Revolutionary Era

Daughters of Columbia Educating Women for the Republic, 1787-1805

The Republican Mother Women and the Enlightenment -- an American Perspective

"History Can Do It No Justice" Women and the Reinterpretation of the American Revolution

"I Have Don . . . Much to Carrey on the Warr": Women and the Shaping of Republican Ideology After the American Revolution

The Republican Ideology of the Revolutionary Generation

Ii Toward an Intellectual History of Women

Separate Spheres, Female Worlds, Woman's Place the Rhetoric of Women's History

Can a Woman Be an Individual?: The Discourse of Self-Reliance

"Why Should Girls Be Learn'D and Wise?": The Unfinished Work of Alice Mary Baldwin

Iii Finding Gender in American Culture

The Paradox of Women's Citizenship in the Early Republic the Case of Martin Vs. Massachusetts, 1805

Women and Men Boredom, Violence and Political Power

Index

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Gender and American Culture
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American Women Writers to 1800 ("Judith Sargent Murray (1761-1820)" begins on p. 148)
by Sharon M. Harris. 452 pgs.

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American Women Writers to 1800 advances our knowledge of early American culture. Including works by more than ninety women, many of whom have never before been published, this ambitious anthology captures the cultural and individual diversity of women's experiences in early America. It both complements and extends earlier studies of colonial and Revolutionary America, with writings that observe the natural features and resources of the "New World"; the proliferation of religious movements; racial relations between Native Americans, African Americans, and European settlers; and patriotic and loyalist sympathies during the Revolutionary years. Selections also confront distinctly feminist issues, focusing on women's education; the psychological complexities of girlhood, marriage and childbirth; sexuality; the legal status of women; and the rise of feminist philosophies at the end of the eighteenth century. Along with better known Massachusetts writers such as Bradstreet, Rowlandson, and Knight, this collection presents works by authors from other New England, mid-Atlantic, and southern colonies, by African American and Native American women, and by women who explored the frontier regions. An impressive variety of genres is represented, with extensive selections of memoirs, letters, diaries, poetry, captivity narratives, Native American narratives, essays, sermons, autobiographies, novels, dramas, and scientific and political tracts. Brief biographical introductions to each author, explanatory footnotes, and a comprehensive index and bibliography impress modern scholarship upon this valuable literary collection and offer fertile ground for a radical rethinking of early American women's lives and writings, while challenging our assumptions regarding early America itself.

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Acknowledgments

Contents

Note on the Text

Introduction

I the Ages of Women

Youthful Reflections

On Women's Education

Domestic Records

Businesswomen's Writings

"Death-Bed" Declarations Skate'Ne (choctaw)

Ii Emerging Feminist Voices

Feminist Visions

Iii Origins, Revolutions, and Women in the Nations

First Women

Spiritual Narratives

Captivity Narratives and Travel Journals

Epistolary Exchanges

Petitions, Political Essays, and Organizational Tracts

Revolutionary War Writings

Poetry

Histories

Drama

Novels

Notably Early American Women

Selected Bibliography

Index
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The Gendering of American Politics: Founding Mothers, Founding Fathers, and Political Patriarchy (Discussion of Judith Sargent Murray begins on p. 27)
by Mark E. Kann. 200 pgs.

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America's founding mothers and fathers built gender bias into American politics. This book examines traditional prejudices against women's political participation as well as efforts to overcome these prejudices during a revolutionary era. It inquires into the shifting male hierarchies that kept some men out of politics, admitted others to a limited citizenship, and privileged a few men with leadership authority. It also assesses the impact of the founders' gender bias on modern American politics.

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Contents

Preface

INTRODUCTION: Founding Fathers and Founding Mothers

PART ONE Remember the Ladies

CHAPTER 1: Women's Exclusion from Politics

CHAPTER 2: The Case for Women's Inclusion

CHAPTER 3: The Doctrine of Republican Womanhood

PART TWO: The Ranks of Men

CHAPTER 4: Disorderly Men

CHAPTER 5: A Small Governing Elite

CHAPTER 6: Weak Citizens and Gentleman Legislators

CONCLUSION: The Founder's Legacy

Chapter 7: America's Gendered Politics

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author
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Women's Rights (Discussion of Judith Sargent Murray begins on p. 26)
by Christine A. Lunardini. 220 pgs.

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"... an excellent, involving title which provides a great deal of documented research on the nature of and changes affecting women's rights in this country". -- The Bookwatch
The women's movement in America is not a recent phenomenon. In this clear and comprehensive reference work, the author chronicles the achievements and setbacks in the 200-year struggle for equality for women. Readers will discover the profound social impact the movement has had on American culture and society as they review a wide variety of topics and events. These range from women's efforts to keep the economy intact during the Revolutionary era to the present-day challenges of sex discrimination and work-related issues. Also featured are the biographies of women who have played key roles in the struggle for women's rights, as well as a fascinating chronology of the women's movement. The text is enhanced with photos and illustrations, and a glossary and detailed bibliography are also included. Women's Rights will give readers new insights into one of the most complicated issues of our time and will help them understand that equality is clearly an ongoing struggle.

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Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Women in Colonial America

Chapter 2: Revolutionary Spirits

Chapter 3: The Revolution in Education

Chapter 4: Women's Work at Home, in the Fields, and in the Factories

Chapter 5: Abolition and Feminism

Chapter 6: Beginning the Century of Struggle

Chapter 7: Industrialization, Urbanization, Professionalization

Chapter 8: Getting the Vote

Chapter 9: The Reform Impulse

Chapter 10: Between the Wars

Chapter 11: Going to War, Coming Home

Chapter 12: Civil Rights, Women's Rights

Chronology

Selected Bibliography

Index
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Women in Eighteenth-Century America: A Study of Opinion and Social Usage (1935) (Discussion of Judith Sargent Murray begins on p. 172)
by Mary Sumner Benson. 343 pgs.

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Table of Contents

Chapter I: Early European Sources of American Opinion

Chapter II: European Theory from 1700 to 1775

Chapter III: European Influence After the Revolution

Chapter IV: Early Developments of American Theory

Chapter V: Theory and Practice After the Revolution

Chapter VI: The Close of the Century

Chapter VII: Women in Early American LIterature

Chapter VIII: Women in Law, Politics, and the Church

Chapter IX: Individual Observations and Experiences

Conclusion

Bibliographical Essay

Index
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Religious Issues in Nineteenth Century Feminism (Chap. I "True Pioneers")
by Donna A. Behnke. 299 pgs.

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This book is a clear and informative resource for anyone interested in feminism, history, or both.

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Dedication

Contents

Introduction

Chapter I True Pioneers

Notes

Chapter II the Right to Speak Publicly

Notes

Chapter III the Loyal Opposition

Chapter IV Seneca Falls

Chapter V Be It Resolved . . . .

Chapter VI the Convention as Religious Forum

Chapter VII Local Conventions

Chapter VIII the Female Exegetes

Chapter IX Limited but Sure Support

Notes

Chapter X Women in the Early Church

Chapter XI Celibacy and Witch-Hunting

Chapter XII a Reform Against Nature

Chapter XIII the Weight of Biblical Evidence

Chapter XIV a Measure of Success

Conclusion

A Selected Bibliography

INDEX

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