Gender and Morality in Anglo-American Culture, 1650-1800

Abstract

A culturalist critique of feminist theory -- untangling the roots of modern sex roles: a survey of four centuries of change -- American feminine ideals in transition : the rise of the moral mother, 1785-1815 -- women and the law of courtship in eighteenth century America -- women, love, and virtue in the thought of Edwards and Franklin -- Religion, literary sentimentalism, and popular revolutionary ideology -- The gendered meanings of virtue in revolutionary America -- Gender and the public/private dichotomy in revolutionary thought.

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