Golden cables of sympathy : the transatlantic sources of nineteenth-century feminism / Margaret H. McFadden.
| Author/creator | McFadden, Margaret |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucy, ©1999. |
| Description | xiv, 270 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Transatlantic sources of nineteenth-century feminism |
| Variant title | Transatlantic sources of 19th-century feminism |
| Contents | Introduction: on beginning to tell a "best-kept secret" -- Weaving the delicate web: Lucretia Mott and succeeding generations -- Paving the way: the "miraculous era" in communication and the "unprotected female" -- The ironies of Pentecost: women religious and evangelistic outreach -- Unwitting allies: Harriet Beecher Stowe, George Sand, and the power of literary celebrity -- A developing consciousness: revolutionaries, refugees, and expatriates -- Higher consciousness: reformers and utopians -- Mothers of the matrix (I): Anna Doyle Wheeler, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and forms of feminism -- Mothers of the matrix (II): Fredrika Bremer, Frances Power Cobbe and "world"-traveling -- "A golden cable of sympathy": Aleksandra Gripenberg, the Finland connection, and the 1888 Council of Women -- Appendix A: Some Atlantic community women with international links -- App. B: The relevance and irrelevance to this study of social network analysis -- App. C: Adventurers and invalids -- App. D: International governesses -- App. E: Women transatlantic entrepreneurs in the nineteenth century -- App. F: Women artists abroad. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-256) and index. |
| LCCN | 98049993 |
| ISBN | 0813121175 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | HQ1154 .M3965 1999 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |