Each Mind a Kingdom
Subtitle: American Women, Sexual Purity, and the New Thought Movement, 1875-1920
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: May 7, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9780520229273
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; American history: from c 1900 -; Christian & quasi-Christian cults & sects; Women's studies; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Women's Studies - History; History - General History; History; History: World; USA; Gender Studies; New Thought; History / General; General
First sentence: In a memoir written in 1899, the women's suffrage, social purity, and temperance activist Mary Livermore described the closing decades of the nineteenth century as a thrilling time for American women: "Great organizations of women for missionary work were formed, and managed solely by themselves.