Alonso, Harriet Hyman. Growing up abolitionist; the story of the Garrison children.Univ. of Massachusetts Press. 409p. illus. notes. index. c2002. 1-55849-381-6. $24.95. How effectively did Helen and William Lloyd Garrison Noun 1. William Lloyd Garrison - United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879) Garrison , editor of The Liberator Liberator William Lloyd Garrison’s virulently Abolitionist newspaper. [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 142] See : Antislavery and world known for his abolitionist, pacifist and women's rights The effort to secure equal rights for women and to remove gender discrimination from laws, institutions, and behavioral patterns. The women's rights movement began in the nineteenth century with the demand by some women reformers for the right to vote, known as suffrage, and teachings, transmit these beliefs to the five of his seven children who lived to adulthood? In her exhaustively researched work. Alonso recreates for her readers the family history, the close-knit and loving home setting and the maturing process of the Garrison children as they lived out their father's principles. Using not only the published writings of Garrison himself but also his biography. written by sons William and Frank, and the voluminous family correspondence, the author describes in detail the daily life of the family, its sorrows when two young children died, its financial worries (Garrison was nearly always short of cash), and its excitement as the children, George, William. Wendell, Fanny and Frank, grew to adulthood, started their own families. launched their careers, and cared for their parents as they aged. George, the oldest, joined the army during the Civil War, causing much consternation in his pacifist family. Fanny married the German-born journalist Henry Villard and lived a life of wealth and luxury, compared to her upbringing. Wendell became an editor of the Nation and for a while espoused the more conservative opinions of E. L. Godkin. William, a successful businessman, worked ardently ar·dent adj. 1. Expressing or characterized by warmth of feeling; passionate: an ardent lover. 2. for universal suffrage Noun 1. universal suffrage - suffrage for all adults who are not disqualified by the laws of the country right to vote, suffrage, vote - a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American . Fanny, perhaps more than any of the men, devoted much of her later life to the causes dear to any Garrison heart: pacifism pacifism, advocacy of opposition to war through individual or collective action against militarism. Although complete, enduring peace is the goal of all pacifism, the methods of achieving it differ. and the right to vote. Growing Up Abolitionist covers a complex sequence of events with excellent clarity and ease of style. It is recommended for advanced students and for teachers. Patricia A. Moore, Brookline, MA |
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