Radical Spirits, Second Edition

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..". Ann Braude still speaks powerfully to unique issues of women'screativity-spiritual as well as political-in a superb account of the controversialnineteenth-century Spiritualist movement." -- Jon Butler"RadicalSpirits is a vitally important book... (that) has... influenced a generation ofyoung scholars." -- Marie GriffithIn Radical Spirits, Ann Braudecontends that the early women's rights movement and Spiritualism went hand in hand.Her book makes a convincing argument for the importance of religion in the study ofAmerican women's history.In this new edition, Braude discussesthe impact of the book on the scholarship of the last decade and assesses the placeof religion in interpretations of women's history in general and the women's rightsmovement in particular. A review of current scholarship and suggestions for furtherreading make it even more useful for contemporary teachers and students.