The Abolitionist Sisterhood
Subtitle: Women's Political Culture in Antebellum America (Cornell Paperbacks)
Contributors: Jean Fagan Yellin (Editor); John C. Van Horne (Editor)
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: June 1994
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780801480119
Subjects: Slavery & emancipation; Political activity; History; History - U.S.; Women in politics; History: American; USA; United States; United States - General; African American women; 19th century; Women abolitionists
First sentence: In 1976 when Amy Swerdlow presented her paper "Abolition's Conservative Sisters: The Ladies' New York City Anti-Slavery Societies, 1834-1840," few studies of the abolitionist campaign focused on the contributions of women.