| Abbott, Edith, 391 |
| Abbott, Grace, 391, 461 |
| Abbott, Shirley, 370 |
| Abductions | of Eunice Williams, 91, 588 | | of Mary Rowlandson, 89 |
|
| abolition movement, 161–168 | Abolitionist, 227 | | abolitionist articles, 226 | | connection with equal rights
movement, 179–236 | | conservatives in, 227 | | effect on education of women,
241–242 | | Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 281,
303 | | evangelical’s involvement in,
204–205 | | integration within, 227 | | Lucy Stone, 242, 251 | | Northern states, 589 | | Pennsylvania Abolition Society,
163 | | Quakers in, 204–205 | | risks of, 224 | | Susan B. Anthony, 281, 303 |
|
| Abolitionist, 227 |
| Abortion | See also birth control; infanticide
changing attitudes toward, in the
60’s, 545 | | Comstock Act, 347 | | controlling African American
population size, 575 | | difficulty, danger and expense of,
in the 1800s, 247, 347–348 | | discussed in Revolution, 306 | | doctors’ reluctance to provide
legal abortions, 347,
513–515 | | feminist’s support for abortion
reform, 558, 561 | | illegal, 247, 347–348, 507, 515 | | Native Americans’ practice of, 37,
41, 173 | | public opposition to, 571 | | reproductive rights, 553, 565,
580–581, 585, 595 (see also
birth control) | | restrictions imposed upon legal
abortions, 582 | | Right to Life groups, 571 | | Roe v. Wade (1973), 565, 580–581,
595 | | slaves’ practice of, 129, 168, 225 |
|
| An Abridgement of Universal
Geography, Together with
Sketches of History
(Rowson), 155 |
| Abry, Phyllis, 487 |
| abuse, physical | of ex-slaves, 293 | | of Native Americans, 161,
171–172 | | of prostitutes, 337 | | of wives, 543 |
|
| Abzug, Bella, 564 |
| accommodation, Iroquois, 24 |
| accreditation of female colleges,
266 |
| Acts, Book of (Bible), 204 |
| Adams, Abigail, 151, 176 |
| Adams, John, 196 |
| Addams, Jane | attacked for her pacifism, 406 | | described, 392 | | Nobel Peace Prize, 406 | | work in settlement houses, 346,
390 | | working-class women and, 382 | | World’s Congress of | | Representative Women,
356 |
|
| An Address to the Public; Particularly
to the Members of the
Legislature of New York, Proposing a Plan for
Improving Female Education
(Willard), 196 |
| Adkins, Jesse C, 421 |
| Adkinsv. Children s Hospital, 421,
593 |
| adolescence of colonial girls, 65–67 |
| adoption | during Baby Boom years, 517,
520 | | of European women by Indians,
10 |
|
| Adult Education Program, 461 |
| adultery, 161, 172 | See also sexual practices |
|
| Advertisements | about women during World War
II, 477 |
|
| Agnes Lind, 106 |
| birth control clinic, 402 |
| effect on domestic standards,
438 |
| effect on standards of beauty and
independence, 440 |
| real estate company, 358 |
| for telephones, 374 |
| Advocate of Moral Reform (AFMRS
paper), 216, 217 |
| affirmative action programs, 564,
582 |
| affluence, 530, 534 |
| African Americans | See also civil rights movement;
Civil War; slaves and slavery | | artists and intellectuals, 443 | | assertiveness of women, 431 | | Black Power, 551, 568 | | clubs, 343–344, 388 | | communities, 244–245, 296,
319–320, 482 |
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