| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 312 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia
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Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia.
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| Note |
"Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. first to fall: fertility, American women, and revolution -- Starting, spacing, and stopping: the statistics of birth and family size -- Old ways and new -- Women's words -- Beauty and the bestial: images of women -- Potions, pills, and jumping ropes: the technology of birth control -- Increase and multiply: embarrassed men and public order -- Reluctant revolutionaries -- Conclusion. fertility and the feminine in early America. |
| Summary |
By examining the attitudes and behaviors surrounding the contentious issues of family, contraception, abortion, sexuality, beauty, and identity, Klepp demonstrates that many American women--rural and urban, free and enslaved--began to radically redefine motherhood during the Age of Revolution as they asserted, or attempted to assert, control over their bodies, their marriages, and their daughters' opportunities. |
| Awards |
American Historical Association Joan Kelly Memorial Prize, 2010. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Birth control -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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Birth control. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
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Women. |
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Social conditions. |
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United States -- Social conditions -- To 1865.
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| Chronological Term |
To 1865 |
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Contraception -- history. |
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Birth Rate. |
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Family Characteristics. |
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History, 18th Century. |
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History, 19th Century. |
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Social Conditions -- history. |
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Women's Rights -- history. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Klepp, Susan E. Revolutionary conceptions 9780807833223 (DLC) 2009024332 (OCoLC)317929508 |
| ISBN |
9781469600796 (electronic book) |
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146960079X (electronic book) |
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9780807833223 |
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0807833223 |
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9780807859926 |
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0807859923 |
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