The scarlet sisters, sex, suffrage, and scandal in the Gilded Age, Myra MacPherson
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The scarlet sisters, sex, suffrage, and scandal in the Gilded Age, Myra MacPherson
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [343]-389) and index
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non fiction
Main title
The scarlet sisters
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bibliography
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852828131
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Myra MacPherson
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sex, suffrage, and scandal in the Gilded Age
Summary
Describes the adventures of two sisters who tried to overcome the male-dominated social norms of the late nineteenth century and achieved a remarkable list of firsts, including the first woman-run brokerage house and the first woman to run for president
Table Of Contents
Vicky -- Tennie -- Wall Street warriors -- The bewitching brokers -- Woodhull & Claflin's Weekly -- "Madam, you are not a citizen, you are a woman!" -- Free love, suffrage, and abolition -- All in the family: "never a wholly sane mother" -- Sex and the city, circa 1871 -- Confessions of sin and battling the Beechers -- "Yes, I am a free lover!" -- from spirit ghosts to Karl Marx -- Being Tennie -- Future presidentess -- Down and out in Manhattan -- Unmasking Beecher and a masked ball rape -- Jailbirds and the naked truth -- Life and death -- Panic and victory -- The star chamber -- Wickedness in high places -- Beecher's revenge -- The siege of London -- Lady Cook -- Love and libel -- Widows -- Moving on -- Last acts
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