McMahon, Lucia
Mere Equals
- ISBN 13:
- 9780801450525
- author:
- McMahon, Lucia
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2012
- Pages:
- 248
- Dimensions:
- 155 mm X 235 mm
- Genre:
- History, United States
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Lucia McMahon's Mere Equals explores how educated women in early America navigated their individual and social identities amidst stark political inequality between the sexes. Through archival research, McMahon sheds light on the personal and social relationships of these women, revealing their efforts to live as equals alongside men. In a pioneering society pushing westward, women's labor was increasingly enlisted outside the home, yet they lacked most rights of citizenship. This paradox is illuminated in private communications, where the formal exclusion of women from political activity and economic parity required justification. By the 1830s, separate and gendered spheres had firmly taken hold. McMahon's study provides a unique insight into the ongoing negotiation between equality and difference, offering valuable insights into how women and men valued education and used it to place themselves within social hierarchies.
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