Radical Spirits
Subtitle: Spiritualism and Women's Rights in Nineteenth-Century America, Second Edition
Edition: 2nd edition
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: November 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Library Binding
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780253340399
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Civil rights & citizenship; Social history; Spirit communication & mediumship, spiritualism; Women's studies; c 1800 to c 1900; U.S. - Political And Civil Rights Of Women; Women And Religion (General); Religion; Sociology; USA; Spiritualism - General; United States - 19th Century; Women's Studies - History; General; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; Women's Studies - General; 19th century; History; United States; Women's rights and spiritualis; Women's rights and spiritualism
First sentence: In 1848, the dedicated Quaker abolitionists Amy and Isaac Post, like the other residents of Rochester, New York, heard rumors of mysterious noises in the village of Hydesville.