Observations on the Real Rights of Women and Other Writings (Paperback)

Following in the path of her distinguished Puritan forebears, Hannah Mather Crocker used her skills as a writer primarily to persuade. Unlike those forebears, however, she did not begin her career as a published writer until well into middle age, after the death of her husband, Joseph Crocker, and after having raised ten children. The works collected here include previously unpublished poetry, drama, memoirs, sermons, and essays on American identity, education, and history, as well as the three texts published in her lifetime. This volume is named for her most famous work, "Observations on the Real Rights of Women." Originally published in 1818, it is widely considered the first published treatise on women's rights written by an American woman and serves as a rare example of women's views of their own roles within the early American republic. This collection also mirrors the many changes that occurred in the United States during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, highlighting the shift in attitude toward women's rights, education, and other reform movements as well as the American Revolution. Crocker's writing provides a rare and valuable window into the concerns of women who embodied Enlightenment ideals during the years of the early republic.

General

Imprint:	University of Nebraska Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Legacies of Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers
Release date:	May 2011
First published:	May 2011
Authors:	Hannah Mather Crocker
Editors:	Constance J. Post
Introduction by:	Constance J. Post
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	340
ISBN-13:	978-0-8032-1615-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Civil rights & citizenship Promotions
LSN:	0-8032-1615-7
Barcode:	9780803216150

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