Betsy Mix Cowles : Champion of Equality.
Title:
Betsy Mix Cowles : Champion of Equality.
Author:
Robertson, Stacey M.
ISBN:
9780813347721
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (121 pages)
Series:
Lives of American Women
Contents:
Contents -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Pious Pioneering: The Roots of Reform, 1810-1827 -- 2. Growing Pains: Teaching and Single Life, 1827-1834 -- 3. The Beginning of Antislavery Commitment, 1834-1837 -- 4. Oberlin College and the Power of Education, 1837-1840 -- 5. The Maturation and Merging of Teaching and Antislavery, 1840-1850 -- 6. Women's Rights and Career Achievements, 1850-1860 -- 7. The Civil War, Blindness, and Postwar Reform, 1860-1872 -- Primary Sources -- Study Questions -- Notes -- Annotated Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
An engaging introduction to the life of Betsy Mix Cowles, a radical abolitionist in the Civil War era.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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