Title
Lofty hopes and harsh reality: The nature of ante-bellum feminism in the United States, 1835-1860
Graduation Year
1974
Publication Date
5-8-1974
Abstract
In attempting to reconstruct that aspect of ante-bellum America, I shall endeavor to show how and why feminism developed as it did. To this end, I shall include considerations of the traditional nineteenth century attitudes toward women, the key ideas expressed by the feminists as a response to those socially accepted ideas, the way in which the movement operated in its social context, the negative reactions to feminists and feminist thought, and the Southern version of feminism which, as we shall see later cannot be accurately labeled " feminism" if we use (as I have indicated ) the dominant Northern ideology and movement as a standard for defining the term in the first place.
Disciplines
American Studies
Recommended Citation
Flessner, Joan L., "Lofty hopes and harsh reality: The nature of ante-bellum feminism in the United States, 1835-1860" (1974). Honors Projects, American Studies. 2.
https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/amstudies_honproj/2
Comments
This work is not listed among the Special Departmental Honors projects in the 1974 Commencement program. It is included here because it was transferred to the archives with other Honors works for this date.