Sister Societies

Hardback. New. In this book, the author documents ties of kinship and friendship that drew women into the more than 200 exclusively female antislavery societies scattered across the free states and looks at the ways in which members defined their work as political or moral. Members found temporary unity in a common cause and the bonds of womanhood.

Paperback / softback. New. Offers insight on the origins and evolution of women's activism in the United States by examining more than 200 exclusively female antislavery societies that persisted from the 1820s through the Civil War.