Revolutionary backlash argues otherwise according to rosemarie zagarri the debate over womens rights began not in the decades prior to 1848 but during the american revolution itself integrating the approaches of womens historians and political historians this book explores changes in womens status that occurred from the time of the american revolution until the election of andrew jackson although the period after the revolution produced no collective movement for womens rights . Revolutionary backlash women and politics in the early american republic early american studies author rosemarie zagarri edition illustrated publisher university of pennsylvania press 2007. This was a really interesting in depth study of womens role in american politics in the early republic one would expect women to have very little role in government in the very beginning with their rights and access to the political system gradually evolving over time but this is not the case at all if you have ever struggled with blending the ideals of equality as expressed in the . Revolutionary backlash women and politics in the early american republic university of pennsylvania press 2008 proquest ebook central proquest ebook central created from gsu on 2019 01 28 094130. Zagarri rosemarie revolutionary backlash women and politics in the early american republic