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" Women and reform in a New England community, 1815-1860 / "
Carolyn J. Lawes
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BL
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586301
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b415520
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| Main Entry
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Lawes, Carolyn J.,1958-
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Women and reform in a New England community, 1815-1860 /\ Carolyn J. Lawes
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x, 265 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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0813121310
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: 9780813121314
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-258) and index
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| Contents
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Keeping the faith: women's leadership in an orthodox congregational church -- Missionaries and more: women, sewing, and the Antebellum sewing circle -- Maternal politics: gender and the formation of the Worcester Children's Friend Society -- "Rachel weeping for her children": mothers, children, and the Antebellum foster family -- From feminism to female employment: organized women in Worcester in the 1850s
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Children's Friend Society-- History
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Women social reformers-- Massachusetts-- Worcester-- History-- 19th century
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Women political activists-- Massachusetts-- Worcester-- History-- 19th century
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Women's rights-- Massachusetts-- Worcester-- History-- 19th century
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Worcester (Mass.), History, 19th century, Sources
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Worcester (Mass.), Social conditions
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Worcester (Mass.), Politics and government
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| Dewey Classification
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305.42/097443
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HQ1439.W67L39 2000
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