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“I Never Shrink From Any Duty”: Mary Easton Sibley And The Gendered Politics Of Abolitionism, Stephanie Marks
“I Never Shrink From Any Duty”: Mary Easton Sibley And The Gendered Politics Of Abolitionism, Stephanie Marks
Student Scholarship
Mary Easton Sibley, the founder of Lindenwood University, was an ambitious woman. A supporter of the abolition movement and women's education, she founded and taught in schools for white women and enslaved African Americans in St. Charles, Missouri. As an American woman in the nineteenth century, however, her attitudes toward race and gender proved complex, reflecting the struggle of white women at the time. Drawing on scholarship that examines a shift in the focus of white female abolitionists of the period from freeing enslaved peoples to freeing white Americans from the sin of slavery, This case study poses two unique …
“Greedy Merchants And Idle Women: Economic Crisis And Community In The Lower Missouri Valley, 1819-1825”, Rebekah M.K. Mergenthal
“Greedy Merchants And Idle Women: Economic Crisis And Community In The Lower Missouri Valley, 1819-1825”, Rebekah M.K. Mergenthal
The Confluence (2009-2020)
As a merchant economy emerged in Missouri River towns in the 1820s, so too did a rhetoric about the roles of women in this changing economy. Rebekah Mergenthal examines the debate about changing gender roles in an evolving market economy.
“Making War On Women” And Women Making War: Confederate Women Imprisoned In St. Louis During The Civil War, Thomas Curran
“Making War On Women” And Women Making War: Confederate Women Imprisoned In St. Louis During The Civil War, Thomas Curran
The Confluence (2009-2020)
Soldiers in blue and gray weren’t the only ones fighting in the Civil War. Thomas Curran details the efforts of pro-Confederate women who worked as spies, and the efforts by the Union military to counter their activities.
A Position Paper On Dormitory Intervisitation At The Lindenwood Colleges, John Anthony Brown
A Position Paper On Dormitory Intervisitation At The Lindenwood Colleges, John Anthony Brown
University Documents
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A Program For The Continuing Education Of Women, Lindenwood College
A Program For The Continuing Education Of Women, Lindenwood College
University Documents
Brochure from Lindenwood College's Director of Admissions announcing a program to help women reenter the workforce.
Woman's Place Is...? : A Career Conference, Lindenwood College
Woman's Place Is...? : A Career Conference, Lindenwood College
University Documents
Event program for a conference on job options for women, in 1942.
Lindenwood Can Help You In The Choice Of A Vocation, Lindenwood College
Lindenwood Can Help You In The Choice Of A Vocation, Lindenwood College
University Documents
No abstract provided.
Womanly Ambition, Alonzo William Slayback
Womanly Ambition, Alonzo William Slayback
University Documents
Transcript of a presentation to the Young Ladies Literary Society of Lindenwood College.