Mere Equals : The Paradox of Educated Women in the Early American Republic /

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From the publisher. In Mere Equals, Lucia McMahon narrates a story about how a generation of young women who enjoyed access to new educational opportunities made sense of their individual and social identities in an American nation marked by stark political inequality between the sexes. McMahon'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McMahon, Lucia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Onderwijs.
Vrouwen.
Women > Social conditions.
Women > Education.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Femmes > États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle.
Femmes > États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 18e siecle.
Femmes > Éducation > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Femmes > Éducation > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Women > United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Women > United States > Social conditions > 18th century.
Women > Education > United States > History > 19th century.
Women > Education > United States > History > 18th century.
Verenigde Staten.
United States.
History
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : between Cupid and Minerva
  • More like a pleasure than a study : women's educational experiences
  • Various subjects that passed between two young ladies of America : reconstructing female friendship
  • The social family circle : family matters
  • The union of reason and love : courtship ideals and practices
  • The sweet tranquility of domestic endearment : companionate marriage
  • So material a change : revisiting republican motherhood
  • Conclusion : education, equality, or difference.

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