Views of Society and Manners in America

Title

Views of Society and Manners in America

Creator

Wright, Frances, 1795-1852.

Date

1821

Subject

United States--Description and travel

United States--Social life and customs--1783-1865.

Type

text

Language

English

Place of Issue

New York (N.Y.)

Genre

Essays

Location

Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Call number

1

E165 .D22v 1821

Exhibition link

Upstate New York and the Women's Rights Movement

Label text

Frances Wright. Views of Society and Manners in America (New York, 1821). First American edition. At the age of twenty-two the English writer and reformer Frances Wright (1795-1852) made her first visit to the United States. In her travel memoirs she contrasted the women of American with their European counterparts. Her enthusiasm for the new republic led her to believe that in the United Sates, "women are assuming their place as thinking beings, not in despite of the men, but chiefly in consequence of their enlarged views and exertions as fathers and legislators."

Collection

Rare Book Collection (UR-RBSCP)

Citation

Wright, Frances, 1795-1852., “Views of Society and Manners in America,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 21, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/551.

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