Signatures of Citizenship

Petitioning, Antislavery, & Women's Political Identity

• Author(s): Susan Zaeske,
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
• Pages: 253
• ISBN_10: 0807854263
  ISBN_13: 9780807854266
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / United States / 19th Century , Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory , Social Science / Women's Studies , Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations ,

Description:... In this comprehensive history of women's antislavery petitions addressed to Congress, Susan Zaeske argues that by petitioning, women not only contributed significantly to the movement to abolish slavery but also made important strides toward securing thei