Frontier feminist
Subtitle: Clarina Howard Nichols and the politics of motherhood
By: Marilyn S. Blackwell and Kristen T. Oertel
Contributors: Oertel, Kristen Tegtmeier, 1969-
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lawrence
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780700617289
Subjects: Women's rights; Women social reformers; Social aspects; Territorial expansion; Suffragists; Feminists; Biography; History
Description: Clarina Howard Nichols was one of America's pioneering social reformers. After joining the antislavery migration to Kansas, Nichols championed freedom in the territory, assisted former slaves, and argued successfully for women's suffrage. Nichols's story reveals the role northern women played in "Bleeding Kansas" and how women's rights became entwined in the battle to rid the expanding nation of slavery. Overcoming personal hardships and political barriers, Clarina Howard Nichols developed a public career as a journalist and social reformer, leaving a trail of new rights for women across the nation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-330) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : remembering a "forgotten feminist"; title: Frontier legacies; title: The "wrongs of woman"; title: Pathway to politics; title: The politics of motherhood; title: Lady orator; title: "This new oasis of freedom"; title: Strong-minded woman; title: The price of patriotism; title: Visions of universal freedom; title: The last frontier : California.