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

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.

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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.

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Madeline Kreider Carlson

Source

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

Publisher

The Library Company of Philadelphia

Date

2009

Language

English

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

Citation

Madeline Kreider Carlson, “Far from the Path of Virtue: Women on the Margins of Morality in Antebellum America,” 

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