The Bonds of Womanhood: "Woman's Sphere" in New England, 1780-1835

by Nancy F. Cott

Overview

This Veritas edition of Nancy Cott’s acclaimed study includes a new introduction by the author, situating the work for a new generation of readers.
 
“Elegant and convincing. . . . Better than any other work available, The Bonds of Womanhood describes both the classic attitudes of the nineteenth century toward women and the opposition to the oppression of women in the historical context from which they grew.”—Willie Lee Rose, New York Review of Books
 
“A lovely, gentle, scholarly, and valuable book.”—Doris Grumbach, New York Times Book Review

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780300257984
Publisher:	Yale University Press
Publication date:	01/19/2021
Series:	Veritas Paperbacks
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Nancy F. Cott is Jonathan Trumbull Research Professor of American History at Harvard University. She is also the author of The Grounding of Modern Feminism, published by Yale University Press.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Acknowledgments for the Second Edition and the Veritas Paperback Edition x

Preface to the Veritas Paperback Edition xi

Preface to the Second Edition xix

List of Abbreviations xxxvii

Introduction 1

1 Work 19

2 Domesticity 63

3 Education 101

4 Religion 126

5 Sisterhood 160

Conclusion: On "Woman's Sphere" and Feminism 197

List of Women's Documents Consulted 207

List of Ministers' Sermons Consulted 215

Index 221