About the Author

Jean Fagan Yellin is Distinguished Professor of English at Pace University. Her previous books include Women and Sisters: The Antislavery Feminists in American Culture. John C. Van Horne is Librarian of The Library Company of Philadelphia. He is the editor of The Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe.

Reviews

"This fine collection of essays explores the initial development of American women's political culture through the antislavery movement led by women reformers from the Northeast in the late 1830s."-Journal of American History "The overall aim of showing the impact, complexity and dynamic quality of female anti-slavery work is amply realized."-Slavery and Abolition