Revolutionary Backlash
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Pathbreaking is an appellation reserved for few books; field-changing is an even rarer designation. Nonetheless Rosemarie Zagarris Revolutionary Backlash deserves both. She transforms the field of womens history and the standard political narrative that still dominates United States history.--William & Mary QuarterlyWidely researched, gracefully written, and nicely illustrated. . . . A welcome corrective to both the usual womens history (without politics) and traditional political history (without women).--North Carolina Historical ReviewThis book makes a significant contribution to the literature of American womens history by defining a period that has received too little attention. The writing is gorgeous. The research is first-rate.--Edith B. Gelles, author of Abigail Adams: A Writing LifeThe Seneca Falls Convention is typically seen as the beginning of the first womens rights movement in the United States. Revolutionary Backlash argues otherwise. According to Rosemarie Zagarri, the debate over womens rights began not in the decades prior to 1848 but during the American Revolution itself. Integrating the approaches of womens historians and political historians, this book explores changes in womens status that occurred from the time of the American Revolution until the election of Andrew Jackson.Although the period after the Revolution produced no collective movement for womens rights, women built on precedents established during the Revolution and gained an informal foothold in party politics and male electoral activities. Federalists and Jeffersonians vied for womens allegiance and sought their support in times of national crisis. Women, in turn, attended rallies, organized political activities, and voiced their opinions on the issues of the day. After the publication of Mary Wollstonecrafts A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, a widespread debate about the nature of womens rights ensued. The state of New Jersey attempted a bold ex
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