Kate Chase and William Sprague: Politics and Gender in a Civil War MarriageU of Nebraska Press, 1 Jan 2003 - 315 halaman The marriage of Kate Chase to William Sprague inaugurated the most publicized union and divorce of the Civil War era. Katherine ?Kate? Chase was the daughter of Salmon P. Chase, a leading antislavery politician and member of Abraham Lincoln?s cabinet. Motherless from an early age, she became her father?s official hostess during the Civil War and Reconstruction years as well as his unofficial campaign manager. At the opening of the Civil War, her husband, William Sprague, was a wealthy industrialist, the ?boy governor? of Rhode Island, a dashing military figure, and an alcoholic. ø After looking at the lives of Chase and Sprague before they met, Peg A. Lamphier analyzes their courtship, their marriage, Chase's role as her father?s campaign manager, Sprague?s marital infidelities, Chase?s affair with Roscoe Conkling, Sprague?s abusiveness, and Chase and Sprague?s divorce and the issues of child custody it evoked. Pushing the boundaries of power and gender, Chase showed her ability to play politics in both public and private forums and to regain her independence as a woman in an arena dominated by men. Kate Chase and William Sprague delves into the social history of a nineteenth-century marriage and provides important insight into the role of gender in the political history of the time. |
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Before They Met Family Life in the MidNineteenth Century 18301861 | 13 |
My Former Self Has Lost Its Identity The Courtship and Wedding 18611863 | 45 |
No Future Brighter Braving the Perils of Marriage and Reconstruction Politics 18631868 | 69 |
Argument and Pertinacity The Difficult Years 18681873 | 108 |
The Beginning of the End Domestic Infidelities and Family Life 18741878 | 133 |
Whiskey Economy and Disregarded Wishes The Narragansett Affair Domestic Abuse and State Politics 1879 | 159 |
Extreme Cruelty and Gross Misbehavior Divorce and Politics 1800 | 186 |
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