Title: Reforming men and women
Description: "Before the Civil War, the public lives of American men and women intersected most frequently in the arena of religious activism. Bruce Dorsey broadens the field of gender studies, incorporating an analysis of masculinity into the history of early American religion and reform. His is a holistic account that reveals the contested meanings of manhood and womanhood among antebellum Americans, both black and white, middle class and working class.".

"Combining stories of both ordinary individuals and major reformers with an insightful analysis of contemporary songs, plays, fiction, and polemics, Dorsey exposes the ways race, class, and ethnicity influenced the meanings of manhood and womanhood in nineteenth-century America. By linking his gendered history of religious activism with the transformations characterizing antebellum society, he contributes to a larger quest: to engender all of American history."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: History, Sex role, Social problems, Social reformers, United states, history, 19th century, Social conditions, Rôle selon le sexe, Histoire, Réformateurs sociaux, Problèmes sociaux, Sekseverschillen, Steden, Geschlechterrolle, Soziale Situation, Sozialreformer
Places: United States
Time periods: 18th century, 19th century