The evils suffered by American women and children: the causes and the remedy. Presented in an address ... to meetings of ladies in Cincinnati, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and other cities. Also, an address to the Protestant clergy of the United States
New York: Harper & Brothers, publishers, 82 Cliff Street, [1846]. 8vo pp. 36, 4 (ads); text in double column; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; all else very good. Beecher's importance stems from her desire to expand the role of women in domestic life and to use that newly found power to effect changes in the public sphere. A pragmatic, moral philosophy, based upon industry and self-sacrifice, competed quite successfully with more radical views of the role of women associated with anti-slavery and other reforms. Education, especially childhood education-the subject of the second title here-was central to her mission. "In numerous magazine articles and in such books as The Evils Suffered by American Women and American Children: The Causes and the Remedy (1846) she assumed the role of teacher and minister to her sex. All her writings on women-as, indeed, all her educational reforms-sprang from an indignant sense of the disparity between woman's true role and her actual condition...." (Notable American Women). American Imprints 46-690; Sabin 4291. Item #60049
Price: $275.00
