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Women’s Knowledge Digital Library

Far from the Path of Virtue: Women on the Margins of Morality in Antebellum America

Exhibit of societal responses to women’s deviance and the stories of five women, both villains and victims, who treaded on the margins of morality.

Description

This exhibit features societal responses to women’s deviance and the stories of five women, both villains and victims, who treaded on the margins of morality and challenged notions of appropriate moral behavior for women.

Source

http://www.librarycompany.org/women/virtue/index.htm

Language

English

Collections

History Collection

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