Monica Klem, Madeleine McDowell

Gebundenes Buch

Pity for Evil

Suffrage, Abortion, and Women's Empowerment in Reconstruction America

Beschreibung

"After the Civil War, pioneers in the women's rights movement, women's medical education, and in public-private charitable partnerships joined forces to reduce the incidence of abortion in America. Alumni of the abolitionist movement, the analyses they applied to abortion resembled their earlier critiques of slavery"--

Autor

Monica Klem is an independent scholar whose research has focused on ordinary women's negotiations of moral questions in private and civic life during the nineteenth century. She holds a Master's Degree in Public Policy from Pepperdine University and has been published in Philanthropy magazine and the Encyclopedia of American Philanthropy. She lives in Northern California. Madeleine McDowell is a historian of the nineteenth century whose research has focused on the religious, cultural, and intellectual history of the English-speaking world. She holds a PhD from the University of Notre Dame and lives in Sacramento with her husband and two young sons.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Encounter Books
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9781641773393
• ISBN-10: 1641773391
• Artikelnr.: 67612333