Gendering of American Politics, The : Founding Mothers, Founding Fathers, and Political Patriarchy
America's founding mothers and fathers built gender bias into American politics. This book examines traditional prejudices against women's political participation as well as efforts to overcome these prejudices during a revolutionary era. It inquires into the shifting male hierarchies that kept some men out of politics, admitted others to a limited citizenship, and privileged a few men with leadership authority. It also assesses the impact of the founders' gender bias on modern American politics. The gendering of American poltics began as a compromise between traditional patriarchal ideals
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Preface
Introduction: Founding Fathers and Founding Mothers
PART ONE: REMEMBER THE LADIES
1. Women's Exclusion from Politics
2. The Case for Women's Inclusion
3. The Doctrine of Republican Womanhood
PART TWO: THE RANKS OF MEN
4. Disorderly Men
5. A Small Governing Elite
6. Weak Citizens and Gentleman Legislators
CONCLUSION: THE FOUNDERS' LEGACY
7. America's Gendered Politics
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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