Women of two countries German-American women, women's rights, and nativism, 1848-1890 / [electronic resource] :
Michaela Bank.
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2012.
- vii, 192 p.
- Transatlantic perspectives ; v. 2 .
- Transatlantic perspectives ; 2. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Content and Effect of 19th-century Gendered Nativism -- "Women of Two Countries" as Critics, Translators and Messengers -- The Complex Place of Women of Two Countries -- A German-American Movement : Critical Opponents -- Imagining Opposition to Nativism -- Mathilde Wendt's Powerful Words : Die Neue Zeit -- Mathilde Wendt's Activism : Deutscher Frauenstimmrechtsverein -- Opposition as a Dual Strategy -- Mathilde Franziska Anneke : Powerful Translator -- Anneke's Identification with the Women's Rights Movement -- Translating Nativism -- Anneke's Efforts on Behalf of the Germans -- Ethnicity as Anneke's Source of Power -- Clara Neymann : Transatlantic Messenger -- Neymann's German-American political apprenticeship -- Women Suffrage and Temperance in Nebraska -- Neymann's Ethnicization at NWSA Washington Conventions -- Neymann as Messenger in Germany -- The Transatlantic Space of "Women of Two Countries" -- The Ascendance of the US-American Avant-Garde -- The Paradox of Nativism.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
German American women--Political activity--History--19th century. Women immigrants--Political activity--History--United States--19th century. German American women--Biography. Women immigrants--United States--Biography. Women political activists--United States--Biography. Women's rights--History--United States--19th century. Nativism--History--19th century.