Description
Book SynopsisCitizenship and the Origins of Women's History in the United States challenges twenty-first-century assumptions of nineteenth-century women's history by tracing the ways women's history was politicized, particularly in light of the growing activism of women and the first woman's rights movement.
Trade Review"Teresa Anne Murphy's fascinating and important book not only reshapes our understanding of the field of women's history but is a valuable contribution to the historical literature on the political, civil, and intellectual status of women in the revolution and early republic." * Carol Faulkner, Syracuse University *
"This thoughtful and stimulating intellectual history takes a fresh look at history writing by and about women between the American Revolution and Civil War. It makes an original and distinctive contribution by connecting changing narratives about women's history to larger debates about the nature of women's citizenship." * Anne M. Boylan, University of Delaware *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
I.
Chapter 1. Domestic Citizenship and National Progress
Chapter 2. Revolutionary Responses
Chapter 3. The Challenges of Radical Reform
II.
Chapter 4. Women's History and Woman's Rights
Chapter 5. Domestic Histories
Chapter 6. Caroline Dall's Usable Past: Women and Equal Citizenship
Epilogue
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments
