And the Spirit Moved Them (eBook)

The Lost Radical History of America's First Feminists

Helen LaKelly Hunt (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
263 Seiten
The Feminist Press at CUNY (Verlag)
978-1-55861-428-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This account of faith and solidarity excavates the forgotten radical activism that confronted race and gender in pre–Civil War America.

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The New York Times-bestselling author of Getting the Love You Want sends out a 'call for renewed feminist action, based on "e;the spirit and ethic of love'"e; (Kirkus Reviews). A decade before the Seneca Falls Convention, black and white women joined together at the 1837 Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women in the first instance of political organizing by American women for American women. Incited by "e;holy indignation,"e; these pioneers believed it was their God-given duty to challenge both slavery and patriarchy. Although the convention was largely written out of history for its religious and interracial character, these women created a blueprint for an intersectional feminism that was centuries ahead of its time. Part historical investigation, part personal memoir, Hunt traces how her research into nineteenth-century organizing led her to become one of the most significant philanthropists in modern history. Her journey to confront her position of power meant taking control of an oil fortune that was being deployed on her behalf but without her knowledge, and acknowledging the feminist faith animating her life's work.

Inhalt

Foreword: Holy Indignation (by Cornel West)Introduction: A Sacred BlueprintChapter 1: Band of SistersChapter 2: A Convention Like No OtherChapter 3: A Public VoiceChapter 4: Fiery BacklashChapter 5: Walking with GodChapter 6: Sympathy for the WomenChapter 7; A Bodyguard of HeartsChapter 8: “Thine in the Bonds of Womanhood”Appendices

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.12.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Schlagworte: abolitionism • Christianity • Historical • Memoir • Nineteenth century • Religion • Seneca Falls • Slavery • Suffrage
• ISBN-10: 1-55861-428-1 / 1558614281
• ISBN-13: 978-1-55861-428-4 / 9781558614284