Holland Dames : la place des femmes dans la fabrique des origines néerlandaises de New York au XIXe siècle
After Independence, New York’s Dutch colonial past was soon forgotten then re-discovered during the 19th century. This complex relation to the past displays the means by which it was reconstructed and the values that were associated with it. Women played a significant role in this reconstruction, th...
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| Online adgang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Summary: | After Independence, New York’s Dutch colonial past was soon forgotten then re-discovered during the 19th century. This complex relation to the past displays the means by which it was reconstructed and the values that were associated with it. Women played a significant role in this reconstruction, through civic life and philanthropy, but also as historians who engaged with these Dutch origins and gave them a social and political meaning. This participation raises the issue of their affirmation as a conservative social elite, at odds with the suffragist ideas of the time. |
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