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And the Spirit Moved Them : The Lost Radical History of America's First Feminists

New York : The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2017 [©2017]

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Print version: Hunt, Helen LaKelly : And the Spirit Moved Them : The Lost Radical History of America's First Feminists. - New York : The Feminist Press at CUNY,c2017

978-1-55861-428-4 ( : electronic bk.)

978-1-55861-429-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

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LOC-SH: Feminism-United States-History-19th century ; Antislavery movements-United States-Congresses ; Slavery-United States-Congresses ; HISTORY / Social History.-bisacsh ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.-bisacsh ; HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.-bisacsh

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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Intro -- Praise -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Foreword: Holy Indignation by Cornel West -- Introduction: Her Voice, Her Pen, Her Purse -- Chapter One: Band of Sisters -- Chapter Two: A Convention Like No Other -- Chapter Three: A Public Voice -- Chapter Four: Fiery Backlash -- Chapter Five: Walking with God -- Chapter Six: Sympathy for the Woman -- Chapter Seven: A Bodyguard of Hearts -- Conclusion: "Thine in the Bonds of Womanhood" -- Notes -- Appendix A. Timeline of the Abolitionist Women's Movement -- Image Permissions -- About the Author -- Also by Feminist Press -- About Feminist Press