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Doomed romance : broken hearts, lost souls, and sexual tumult in nineteenth-century America
- Title
- Doomed romance : broken hearts, lost souls, and sexual tumult in nineteenth-century America / Christine Leigh Heyrman.
- Author
- Heyrman, Christine Leigh
- Publication
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
- ©2021
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 282 pages : illustrations, maps; 22 cm
- Summary
- "A study of sexual politics in 19th century New England through the life of one woman"--
- Martha Parker was a gifted young New England woman, aspiring to become an educator and a foreign missionary. Late in 1825 she accepted a proposal from a schoolmaster, Thomas Tenney, only to reject him several weeks later for a rival suitor: Elnathan Gridley, a clergyman headed for the mission field. Tenney's male friends, deeply resentful of the new prominence of women in academies, benevolent and reform associations, and the mission field, decided to retaliate on Tenney's behalf by sending an anonymous letter to the head of the foreign missions board impugning Martha's character. Tenney further threatened Martha with revealing even more about their relationship, thereby ruining her future prospects as a missionary. The resulting investigation created a scandal that ruined Martha Parker's hopes, provoked a resistance within evangelical ranks, and ultimately threatened to destroy the foreign missions enterprise. -- adapted from Amazon info
- Subject
- Tenney, Martha T. Parker, 1804-1876
- Tenney, Thomas, 1798-1873
- Gridley, Elnathan, 1796-1827
- American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
- 1800-1899
- Christian women > United States > Biography
- Women teachers > United States > Biography
- Missionaries' spouses > United States > Biography
- Missionaries > United States > Biography
- Christian biography > United States
- Evangelicalism > Social aspects > History > United States > 19th century
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > United States
- Sex role > Religious aspects > Congregational Churches
- Sex role > United States > History > 19th century
- Women > United States > Social conditions > 19th century
- Christian biography
- Christian women
- Evangelicalism > Social aspects
- Missionaries
- Missionaries' spouses
- Sex role
- Social conditions
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
- Women > Social conditions
- Women teachers
- New England > Religious life and customs
- United States > Social conditions > 19th century
- New England
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The world before her -- The redeemer's children -- Patriarchs under pressure -- Satisfaction -- A coquette? -- You belong to me -- Like a virgin -- The butterfly -- The sorcerer's apprentice.
- Call Number
- JFD 21-2484
- ISBN
- 9780525655572
- 0525655573
- LCCN
- 2019036182
- 40030405945
- 40030492918
- OCLC
- 1151530586
- Author
- Heyrman, Christine Leigh, author.
- Title
- Doomed romance : broken hearts, lost souls, and sexual tumult in nineteenth-century America / Christine Leigh Heyrman.
- Publisher
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1899
- Other Form:
- Online version: Heyrman, Christine Leigh. Doomed romance New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021 9780525655589 (DLC) 2019036183
- Other Standard Identifier
- 4003040594540030492918
- Research Call Number
- JFD 21-2484