Sisters in Spirit (Paperback)

Sally Roesch Wagner

ISBN 10: 1570671214 / ISBN 13: 9781570671210

Published by Book Publishing Company, Summertown, TN, 2001

About this Item

Paperback. Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) women sparked the revolutionary vision of early feminists by providing a model of freedom at a time when American women experienced few rights. Women of the Six Nations Confederacy possessed decisive political power, control of their bodies, control of their own property, custody of their children, the power to initiate divorce, satisfying work and a society generally free of rape and domestic violence. Historian Sally Roesch Wagner recounts the struggle for freedom and equality waged by early American women documenting how Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and Matilda Joslyn Gage were influenced by their Indigenous women neighbors. An insight into how the leaders of early American feminism received their inspiration and vision of equality. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sisters in Spirit (Paperback)
• Publisher: Book Publishing Company, Summertown, TN
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1570671214
• ISBN 13: 9781570671210
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Fadden, John
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) women sparked the revolutionary vision of early feminists by providing a model of freedom at a time when American women experienced few rights. Women of the Six Nations Confederacy possessed decisive political power, control of their bodies, control of their own property, custody of their children, the power to initiate divorce, satisfying work and a society generally free of rape and domestic violence. Historian Sally Roesch Wagner recounts the struggle for freedom and equality waged by early American women documenting how Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and Matilda Joslyn Gage were influenced by their Indigenous women neighbors.

About the Authors

Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner is a feminist pioneer, speaker, activist and author. She has taught women’s studies for 48 years and currently serves as an adjunct faculty member in the Renée Crown University Honors Program at Syracuse University and the St. John Fisher Executive Leadership Program. She lives in Syracuse, New York.

John (Kahionhes) Fadden (Mohawk) is a published illustrator of children's and young adult books. He was born in 1938. His father is Tehanetorens (Ray Fadden) and his son is artist David (Kanietakeron) Fadden. He lives in Onchionta, New York.