Against the Tide: Women Reformers in American Society / Edition 1

by Paul A. Cimbala, Randall M. Miller

Overview

Against the Tide is a collection of in-depth biographical essays on the most important women reformers in American history. This reader will be useful in any history course that deals with the important contributions made by women to the development of our government and society from the early republic to today. The volume combines scholarly vitality with readability, making it appropriate for all levels of students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275958060
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/28/1997
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.41(d)
Lexile:	1460L (what's this?)

About the Author

PAUL A. CIMBALA is Associate Professor of History at Fordham University. He has published articles on slavery and Reconstruction. He is the coeditor of American Reform and Reformers (Greenwood, 1996).

RANDALL M. MILLER is Professor of History and Director of American Studies at St. Joseph's University. He is the author or editor of 16 books, including the award-winning Dear Master: Letters of a Slave Family (1978, rev. ed., 1990), Dictionary of Afro-American Slavery (Greenwood, 1988), and American Reform and Reformers (Greenwood, 1996).

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Catherine Beecher and Domestic Relations by Kathleen Berkeley
Mary Ann Shad Carey and Black Abolitionism by Paul A. Cimbala
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Women's Rights Movement by Ann D. Gordon
Dorothea Dix and Mental Health Reform by Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn
Frances Willard and Temperance by Ian R. Tyrrell
Jane Addams and the Settlement House Movement by Louise W. Knight
Ida Wells-Barnett and the African-American Anti-Lynching Campaign by Lindo O. McMurry
Jessie Daniel Ames and the White Women's Anti-Lynching Campaign by Robert F. Martin
Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement by Ellen Chesler
Dorothy Day and the American Catholic Worker Movement by Anne Klejment
Betty Friedan and the National Organization for Women by Barbara McGowan
Select Bibliography on Women and Reform
Index