Abby Hopper Gibbons - Prison Reformer and Social Activist (Hardcover, illustrated edition)

This biography of 19th-century American social activist and prison reformer Abigail-Hopper Gibbons (1801-1893) illuminates women's changing role in the various reform movements of the period. Bacon, an author and lecturer with a particular interest in women's history, gives attention to Gibbons' role in the feminist, abolitionist, prison reform, and later, the Social Purity movements, exploring the connections and tensions between these various pursuits and giving special consideration to her relationship with the Quakers.

General

Imprint:	State University of New York Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	SUNY series in Women, Crime, and Criminology
Release date:	March 2000
Authors:	Margaret Hope Bacon
Dimensions:	235 x 159mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	235
Edition:	illustrated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7914-4497-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Penology & punishment > Prisons
LSN:	0-7914-4497-X
Barcode:	9780791444979

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