Miriam gurko biography

Quotes by Miriam Gurko? Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. Learn more. Women should not be told to "stand back and wait. A young woman in the audience replied that she did not think it generous "to compel women to yield on all questions Every Sunday morning the students had to sit through a long chapel service.

Lucy, who suffered from headaches, took her hat off one morning. She was charged by the Ladies' Board, which supervised the manners and morals of the coeds, with violating the Bible's teach that women must keep their heads covered in church. They read passages like "Let your women be silent in the churches; for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience," and "Likewise, ye wives, be in subection to your own husbands.

See all Miriam Gurko's quotes ». Welcome back. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Vincent Millay 3. Want to Read saving… Error rating book. History 2 unread 1 USA 5 war 1 women 12 women's history 3 women's rights 10 women's studies 8 young adult 2 Youth Biography 1 Zionism 2 Zionists 4.

I checked this book out of my local library. I was looking for books that would help me gain a better sense of women in the late 's and early 's. What an awesome book about the early days of women's rights in the U. Ladies of Seneca Falls. The Birth of the Woman's… by Miriam Gurko. The Birth of the Woman's Rights Movement, the book contains 34 illustrations marshaling through the notable American ladies including the Grimke sisters, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cadt Stanton, and many others.

As Gurko writes, on Julyfive women conversed over tea in a small upstate New York town. The next day, the local newspaper carried their announcement inviting women to attend A Convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women. The ladies of Seneca Falls; the birth of the woman's… by Miriam Gurko. Miriam Gurko was inspired to miriam gurko biography this when she listened to young feminists commenting that American women had never complained about their lot before the s.

Contrary to what I expected from the title, this does not focus solely on the Seneca Falls convention. It follows the ladies who organized it, plus Susan B. Anthony, through the rest of their active and activist lives. The movement split painfully as they disagreed on tactics and priorities, but by the death of the longest-lived Susan B. Anthony, suffrage, originally shocking if not downright blasphemous had become a respectable cause.

The modern, late twentieth century movement would pick up with many of the same issues. A well-written and very informative book that I would recommend to anyone interested in the topic.

Miriam gurko biography

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