Heaven-Appointed Educators of Mind
Catharine Beecher and the Moral Power of Women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22932244 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Catherine Villanueva Gardner (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 1-16 |
| Publication date | 2004-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hypatia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0887-5367 • E-ISSN: 1527-2001 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1527-2001.2004.tb01285.x |
| OpenAlex | W1972658412 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Catharine Beecher held that women possessed a moral power that could allow them to play a vital role in the moral and social progress of nineteenth century America. Problematically, this power could only be obtained through their subordination to the greatest social happiness. I wish to argue that this notion of subordination, properly framed within her ethico-religious system, can in fact lead to economic independence for women and a surprisingly robust conception of moral power.
Happiness · Heaven · Human sexuality · Independence (probability theory) · Moral authority · Moral disengagement · Power (physics) · Sociology · Subordination (linguistics) · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Gender Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |