| Angels in the Machinery: Gender in American Party Politics from the Civil War to the Progressive Era Revised Edition Contributor(s): Edwards, Rebecca (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195116968 ISBN-13: 9780195116960 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $103.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1997 Annotation: Historian Rebecca Edwards reveals the history of the role of gender in American politics, from the days of the Revolution to the early 20th century. Using cartoons, speeches, party platforms, news accounts, and campaign memorabilia, Edwards offers a compelling explanation of why family values, women in politics, and even candidates' sex lives remain hot-button issues today. Illustrated. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 306.208 |
| LCCN: 97010594 |
| Lexile Measure: 1370 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.12" W x 9.19" (0.81 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Angels in the Machinery offers a sweeping analysis of the centrality of gender to politics in the United States from the days of the Whigs to the early twentieth century. Author Rebecca Edwards shows that women in the U.S. participated actively and influentially as Republicans, Democrats, and leaders of third-party movements like Prohibitionism and Populism--decades before they won the right to vote--and in the process managed to transform forever the ideology of American party politics. Using cartoons, speeches, party platforms, news accounts, and campaign memorabilia, she offers a compelling explanation of why family values, women's political activities, and even candidates' sex lives remain hot-button issues in politics to this day. |