Relations of Rescue : The Search for Female Moral Authority in the American West, 1874-1939
by
Peggy Pascoe
Book Details
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0195060083
ISBN-13
9780195060089
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 2nd, 1990
Print length
328 Pages
Weight
603 grams
Dimensions
21.90 x 14.90 x 2.60 cms
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The story of a group of Protestant women who came together in the 1870s to construct a dominion of female authority. Playing on the 19th-century belief that women were pious and pure moral guardians, these Protestant women set out to rescue female victims of male abuse.
In the 1870s, a group of Protestant mission women, appalled by the heavily masculine atmosphere of the cities of the American West, came together to construct a dominion of female authority. Creating a network of mission-sponsored homes, the Protestant women maintained what they called `women''s work for women'', in virtual freedom from male authority. The author presents a sophisticated treatment of the interaction of the Protestant women with women from different ethnic backgrounds, raising some interesting questions about culture and assimilation.
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