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The Political Thought of America’s Founding Feminists The Political Thought of America’s Founding Feminists Lisa Pace Vetter NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York www.nyupress.org © 2017 by New York University All rights reserved References to Internet websites (URLs) were accurate at the time of writing. Neither the author nor New York University Press is responsible for URLs that may have expired or changed since the manuscript was prepared. ISBN: 978-1-4798-5334-2 (hardback) ISBN: 978-1-4798-9325-6 (paperback) For Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data, please contact the Library of Congress. New York University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. We strive to use environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the greatest extent possible in publishing our books. Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Also available as an ebook Contents Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: Political Theory and the Founding of American Feminism 1. Lifting the “Claud-Lorraine Tint” over the Republic: Frances Wright’s Critique of Society and Manners in America 2. Harriet Martineau on the Theory and Practice of Democracy in America 3. Facing the “Sledge Hammer of Truth”: Angelina Grimké and the Rhetoric of Reform 4. Sarah Grimké’s Quaker Liberalism 5. “The Most Belligerent Non-Resistant”: Lucretia Mott on Women’s Rights 6. Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s Rhetoric of Ridicule and Reform 7. The Shadow and the Substance of Sojourner Truth Conclusion: America’s Founding Feminists Notes Bibliography Index About the Author Acknowledgments When I began this book project, I joked that it would take me ten years to write it. Turns out, I was correct. Not surprisingly, I have incurred many debts over that long stretch of time. First and foremost, I thank my husband Joseph Vetter for his unflagging enthusiasm about this project and his unwavering support through some trying times. I am deeply grateful to my University of Maryland, Baltimore County, colleagues Devin Hagerty and Carole McCann for reading the entire manuscript and providing much-needed encouragement. Additional colleagues, including Jeffrey Davis, Carolyn Forestiere, Arthur Johnson, and Thomas Schaller offered helpful advice and support at various stages of the project. Michael Nance graciously invited me to incorporate my research into the UMBC Humanities Seminar we co-taught in Spring 2016. Gracie Bradford provided invaluable teaching and research assistance when I needed it the most. I am deeply thankful to Patricia LaNoue for welcoming me back into the UMBC fold and to Steven McAlpine and Carrie Sauter for being such great colleagues. I thank Mary Dietz for her perseverance in guiding my article on Harriet Martineau to publication in Political Theory and Eileen Hunt Botting for providing me with opportunities to present and publish parts of this project. I received several awards that allowed me to perform archival research and devote myself full time to writing at crucial stages of the project: a UMBC Dresher Center Summer Faculty Research Fellowship; a UMBC Summer Faculty Fellowship; a UMBC Travel Grant; a Caroline D. Bain Scholar-in- Residence Fellowship, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College; and a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Research Stipend. Sincere thanks to Jessica Berman, director, Dresher Center for the Humanities, UMBC, and Scott Casper, dean, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, UMBC, for their support. For their invaluable assistance, I thank Margaret Jessup, assistant curator of the Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College; Christopher Densmore, curator of Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College; and the research staff at the Boston Public Library and the Nantucket Historical Society. It has been a true pleasure to work with Ilene Kalish, executive editor, and Caelyn Cobb, assistant editor, at NYU Press. I appreciate their encouragement and enthusiasm for the project. The comments provided by two anonymous reviewers were very helpful as I revised the final version of the manuscript. It takes a village to write a book—or at least it did mine. I thank my parents, Madge Pace and Cecil Pace, for always having faith in me and my in-laws David Vetter, Carole Vetter, and Neil Van Valkenburgh, for their generosity. The comradery of the Bethesda Edge(moor) Cycling Club ladies group, led by Sue Hendrickson, has often buoyed my spirits, and I am grateful to Kevin Beverly for introducing me. And our recently adopted dog Paulie has provided welcome distraction, refusing to believe that writing a book is more important than a game of fetch. An earlier version of chapter 2 was published as “Harriet Martineau on the Theory and Practice of Democracy in America,” Political Theory 36, no. 3 (June 2008): 424–455. Reprinted by permission of the author and the publisher. An earlier version of chapter 5 was published as “‘The Most Belligerent Non- Resistant’: Lucretia Mott on Women’s Rights,” Political Theory 43, no. 5 (October 2015): 600–630. Reprinted by permission of the author and the publisher.
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