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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Kann, Mark. Gendering of American Politics, The : Founding Mothers, Founding Fathers, and Political Patriarchy. Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, ©1999 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Mark Kann |
ISBN: | 9780313388774 0313388776 |
OCLC Number: | 1058546108 |
Description: | 1 online resource (212 pages) |
Contents: | Preface -- Introduction: Founding Fathers and Founding Mothers -- PART ONE: REMEMBER THE LADIES -- 1. Women's Exclusion from Politics -- 2. The Case for Women's Inclusion -- 3. The Doctrine of Republican Womanhood -- PART TWO: THE RANKS OF MEN -- 4. Disorderly Men -- 5. A Small Governing Elite -- 6. Weak Citizens and Gentleman Legislators -- CONCLUSION: THE FOUNDERS' LEGACY -- 7. America's Gendered Politics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- W. |
Abstract:
America's founding mothers and fathers built gender bias into American politics. This book examines traditional prejudices against women's political participation as well as efforts to overcome these prejudices during a revolutionary era. It inquires into the shifting male hierarchies that kept some men out of politics, admitted others to a limited citizenship, and privileged a few men with leadership authority. It also assesses the impact of the founders' gender bias on modern American politics. The gendering of American poltics began as a compromise between traditional patriarchal ideals.
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