{"id":105,"date":"2019-09-09T17:45:46","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T21:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst390cnr\/?p=105"},"modified":"2019-09-09T17:45:46","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T21:45:46","slug":"gender-inequality-issues-their-impact-on-uncle-toms-cabin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst390cnr\/2019\/09\/09\/gender-inequality-issues-their-impact-on-uncle-toms-cabin\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender Inequality Issues & Their Impact on Uncle Tom’s Cabin"},"content":{"rendered":"

An interesting anecdote from \u201c\u2018Oh, what a slanderous book,\u2019: Reading <\/span>Uncle Tom\u2019s Cabin <\/span><\/i>in the Antebellum South\u201d that is closely connected with our discussion involving intersectionality in class on Thursday was made by reviewer John R. Thompson. Thompson critiqued Harriet Beecher Stowe\u2019s novel beyond just its usual controversial implications about slavery in the south at the time. Thompson had additional critiques for Stowe herself. Specifically, he did not approve of her writing the novel as a woman. Hagood explains Thompson\u2019s reaction to the novel saying \u201cStowe had violated the rules of nineteenth-century gender decorum and the American patriarchal order that pervaded both North and South \u2026 Thompson found her willingness to engage publicly in the slavery debate an affront, one that might \u2018place woman on a footing of political equality with man.\u2019\u201d<\/span> This critique exemplifies how the issue of women\u2019s rights and the abolitionist movement were so tightly connected beyond the typical assumption.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result of the extreme gender inequality at the time that Stowe released <\/span>Uncle Tom\u2019s Cabin, <\/span><\/i>some critics discredited her writing due to her gender. Even those that commended Stowe for her work treated her differently than they would a male author. When Abraham Lincoln met her he referred to her as \u201cthe little woman,\u201d who helped spark the civil war. Although a positive comment, these words still implied that it was extra surprising that the novel was successful given she was a woman. Although supporting the abolishment of slavery as a woman was important, in some ways it hurt the cause as many critics also discredited women\u2019s opinions and women\u2019s rights. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An interesting anecdote from \u201c\u2018Oh, what a slanderous book,\u2019: Reading Uncle Tom\u2019s Cabin in the Antebellum South\u201d that is closely connected with our discussion involving…<\/p>\n

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