| The Grimké Sisters from South Carolina: Pioneers for Women's Rights and Abolition Revised and Exp Edition Contributor(s): Lerner, Gerda (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807855669 ISBN-13: 9780807855669 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $45.13 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2004 Annotation: This revised and expanded edition of Lerner's biography of Angelina and Sarah Grimke includes two new primary documents and an additional essay by Lerner. In a revised introduction Lerner reinterprets her own work nearly forty years later and gives new recognition to the major significance of Sarah Grimke's feminist writings. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2004049750 |
| Lexile Measure: 1330 |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6.22" W x 9.22" (1.28 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - South Carolina - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Theometrics - Academic - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A landmark work of women's history originally published in 1967, Gerda Lerner's best-selling biography of Sarah and Angelina Grimke explores the lives and ideas of the only southern women to become antislavery agents in the North and pioneers for women's rights. This revised and expanded edition includes two new primary documents and an additional essay by Lerner. In a revised introduction Lerner reinterprets her own work nearly forty years later and gives new recognition to the major significance of Sarah Grimke's feminist writings. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lerner, Gerda: - Gerda Lerner (1920-2013), author of twelve books in women's history, was one of the founders of the field in the 1960s. Her creative scholarship, her organizing work on behalf of women historians, and her leadership in graduate education have been widely recognized and honored. She was past president of the Organization of American Historians, Robinson-Edwards Professor Emerita of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and visiting professor of history at Duke University. Her books include Fireweed: A Political Autobiography. |