Untidy Origins
A Story of Woman's Rights in Antebellum New York
Lori D. Ginzberg
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 03/2006
Pages: 236
Subject: Social Science, Political Science, History
| University of North Carolina
Print ISBN: 9.78E+12
eBook ISBN: 9780807876367
DESCRIPTION
Very few clues remain about the petitioners, but Ginzberg pieces together information from census records, deeds, wills, and newspapers to explore why, at a time when the notion of women as full citizens was declared unthinkable and considered too dangerous to discuss, six ordinary women embraced it as common sense. By weaving their radical local action into the broader narrative of antebellum intellectual life and political identity, Ginzberg brings new light to the story of woman's rights and of some women's sense of themselves as full members of the nation.