Interpretations of women in the antebellum period have long dwelt upon the notion of public versus private gender spheres. As part of the ongoing reevaluation o
In 1846, a group of women came together to form what would become one of nineteenth-century Hamilton’s most important social welfare institutions. Through the
The place of women's rights in African American public culture has been an enduring question, one that has long engaged activists, commentators, and scholars. A
The brief period from 1829 to 1849 was one of the most important in American history. During just two decades, the American government was strengthened, the pol