Free thinker : sex, suffrage, and the extraordinary life of Helen Hamilton Gardener
(Book - Regular Print)
Author
Published
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2020].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status
Prescott Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
324.623092 GARDENER
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324.623092 GARDENER
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Published
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2020].
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"How one "fallen woman" battled religious ideology, pseudoscience, and political resistance to women's right to vote. Exposed in Ohio newspapers for an affair with a married man, Alice Chenowyth refused to cower in shame. Instead she changed her name to Helen Hamilton Gardener, moved to New York, pretended to be married to her lover, and became a wildly popular lecturer and author, brazenly opposed to sexist piety and propriety. The "Harriet Beecher Stowe of Fallen Women," she supported raising the age of sexual consent for girls (from twelve or younger), decried double standards of sexual morality, and debunked scientists' claims that women's brains were inferior. With liberal doses of feminine charm, Gardner networked tirelessly to persuade Woodrow Wilson and other male politicians to support the Nineteenth Amendment. Her effort, according to suffrage leader Carrie Pitt, was "the most potent factor" in its passage. As more women enter politics than ever before, Kimberly A. Hamlin recovers the wildly entertaining and illuminating life of a brilliant, effective woman-all but forgotten-who paved the way"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hamlin, K. A. (2020). Free thinker: sex, suffrage, and the extraordinary life of Helen Hamilton Gardener (First edition.). W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hamlin, Kimberly A.. 2020. Free Thinker: Sex, Suffrage, and the Extraordinary Life of Helen Hamilton Gardener. W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hamlin, Kimberly A.. Free Thinker: Sex, Suffrage, and the Extraordinary Life of Helen Hamilton Gardener W.W. Norton & Company, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hamlin, Kimberly A.. Free Thinker: Sex, Suffrage, and the Extraordinary Life of Helen Hamilton Gardener First edition., W.W. Norton & Company, 2020.
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