The Ideal of True Womanhood

What is Feminism?

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Some Antebellum Thoughts about Women

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The Ideal of True Womanhood

Show Notes: The antebellum ideal of True Womanhood is discussed. The four virtues of this ideal are described. Sources: Barbara Welter, "The Cult of True Womanhood: 1820-1860," American Quarterly 18, no. 2 (Summer 1966), 151-174. Nancy Hewitt. "Introduction," Companion to American Women's History (Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2005). --- American Women's History Journey E-Zine can be viewed at https:americanwomenshistoryjourney.com [https://americanwomenshistoryjourney.com] If you wish to be a guest on this podcast or to contribute a short article to the E-Zine, please contact virginia@americanwomenshistoryjourney.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/virginia-r-bensen/support [https://anchor.fm/virginia-r-bensen/support]

Republican Motherhood

SHOW NOTES Season 1, Episode 2: Republican Motherhood In this episode, the ideal of Republican Motherhood is described and how it came about in America during the late 1700s. Sources for this Episode: Susan M. Cruea, "Changing Ideals of Womanhood During the Nineteenth-Century Woman Movement," Bowling Green State University: ScholarWorks@BGSU: 902995: 187-204. Carol Berkin,Revolutionary Mothers,Vintage Books, New York, 2005, page 152. Linda Kerber,Women of the Republic: Intellect and Ideology in Revolutionary America,University of North Carolina Press, 1980. Margaret A. Nash, "Rethinking Republican motherhood: Benjamin Rush and the Young Ladies' Academy of Philadelphia,Journal of the Early Republic,vol.17, no. 2, (Summer 1997), 171-191. Be sure to visit American Women's History Journey E-Zine at https://americanwomenshistoryjourney.com [https://americanwomenshistoryjourney.com] --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/virginia-r-bensen/support [https://anchor.fm/virginia-r-bensen/support]

Just What is American Women's History?

SHOWNOTES Season 1, Episode 1: Just What is American Women's History? Introduction:Brief introduction to American Women's History Journey Podcast. What and Why American Women's History: Brief discussion about the definition of American women's history and why American women's history was established in the academy. Sources: Nancy A. Hewitt, ed.,A Companion to American Women's History,Madden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2002, 2005. Susan Ware,American Women's History: A Very Short Introduction,New York Oxford University Press, 2015. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app [https://anchor.fm/app]Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/virginia-r-bensen/support [https://anchor.fm/virginia-r-bensen/support]