Parker Pillsbury and Tough New Hampshire Men: Historical New Hampshire/ by Stacey M. Robertson.
- Title:
- Parker Pillsbury and Tough New Hampshire Men: Historical New Hampshire/ by Stacey M. Robertson.
- Author:
- Robertson, Stacey M.
- Call Number:
- 977.8 N5321h
- Publication Information:
- Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 2020.
- Physical Description:
- p.12-16 : illustrations.
- Source:
- Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1947 Vol. 73, (Fall 2020) Historical New Hampshire
- Description:
- In 1845, Foster married Abby Kelley, one of the most outspoken abolitionists and Parker Pillsbury and Tough New Hampshire Men 15 women's rights advocates of her day. Along with his friends and colleagues Stephen Foster and Nathaniel P. Rogers, Pillsbury was perhaps the most visible member of a small group of abolitionists in New Hampshire who denounced male dominance and demanded women's equality. Stacey M. Robertson Devoted to the ideals of justice and equality, Henniker editor and lecturer Parker Pillsbury championed a host of reform movements in the mid-nineteenth century that challenged society's notions of tradition and order. Rogers became something of a mentor for both Pillsbury and Foster, although his influence on Pillsbury was especially strong.
- Subjects:
- Suffragists. , Antislavery movements.
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