The Grimké Sisters from South Carolina: Pioneers for Women's Rights and Abolition (Revised and Expanded)
Gerda Lerner
(Author)
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.Product Details
Price
$54.63
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Publish Date
September 27, 2004
Pages
400
Dimensions
6.22 X 9.22 X 0.95 inches | 1.28 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780807855669
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About the Author
Gerda Lerner (1920-2013) was author or editor of twelve books in Women's History and one of the preeminent scholars responsible for the rediscovery of the field in the 1960s. A founding member of the National Organization for Women and one of the creators of Women's History Month, she was Robinson-Edwards Professor Emerita of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her books include Fireweed: A Political Biography.
Reviews
"[An] admirable and path-breaking study."
-- "The South Carolina Historical Magazine"
"[An] admirable and path-breaking study."
- "The South Carolina Historical Magazine"
-- "The South Carolina Historical Magazine"
"[An] admirable and path-breaking study."
- "The South Carolina Historical Magazine"
