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Sex Wars : A Novel of the Turbulent Post-Civil War Period by Marge Piercy (2005, Hardcover)

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Post-Civil War New York City was the battleground of the American dream: an era of vast fortunes and crushing poverty; a time notorious for free love and the emerging rights of women, yet one that saw the rise of brutal sexual repression and the enforcement of prejudice. Though life was hard, the promise of change was in the air. Women were agitating for civil rights, including the vote. Immigrants were pouring into the city, bringing with them a new energy. Embodying the times is Freydeh, a spirited young Jewish woman from Russia. Living in a tiny tenement flat with eight others, Freydeh juggles numerous jobs to earn passage to New York for her beloved family. Then she learns that her younger sister is adrift somewhere in the city and begins a search that carries her through brothels and prison. Interwoven with Freydeh's story is a vividly wrought account of such real-life heroines -- often at odds with the law as well as societal customs -- as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for president and an activist for sexual freedom. They were tireless fighters who strove to elevate the position of all women. Depicted as well is the fundamentalist crusader Anthony Comstock, who fought to eliminate sexual expression, pushing for the passage of laws that still haunt our legal system. In the tradition of her World War II epic Gone to Soldiers, Marge Piercy re-creates a turbulent period in American history witnessed through the lives of its most notorious figures and explores the changing attitudes toward women, minorities, religion, and sexuality in nineteenth-century America, a land of sacrifice, suffering, promise, and reward.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060789832
ISBN-13
9780060789831
eBay Product ID (ePID)
45101379

Product Key Features

Book Title
Sex Wars : a Novel of the Turbulent Post-Civil War Period
Author
Marge Piercy
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General, Historical
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
416 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
24.2 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ps3566.I4s49 2005
Reviews
Fascinating and only too relevant...Piercy has a gift for conjuring the texture of an historical era., Succeeds remarkably in bringing history textbook characters to fully realized, fiery and memorable life.
Copyright Date
2005
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2005-041499
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Dewey Edition
22

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