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Selected Works of Sherry Penney
Article
Lessons about Reform from “A Very Dangerous Woman”
New England Journal of Public Policy
  • Sherry H. Penney, University of Massachusetts Boston
  • James Livingston, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Publication Date
3-21-2005
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Abstract

We discuss reform in antebellum America through the life of Martha Coffin Wright, an activist in the abolition and early women’s rights movements. Consideration of her motivations for reform; the obstacles faced by these movements; their methods, successes, and failures, may offer guidelines for reformers of today.

Citation Information
Sherry H. Penney and James Livingston. "Lessons about Reform from “A Very Dangerous Woman”" (2005)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sherry_penney/4/