With Bible in One Hand and Battle-Axe in the Other: Carry A. Nation as Religious Performer and Self-Promoter

Why do high school history books mention Carry Nation and not other women (and there were many) who marched into saloons with hatchets, pokers, Bibles, and off-key accordians? And why is it that these history textbooks caricature her as a masculinized and menopausal megalomaniac rather than as a rel...

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Main Author: Carver, Frances Grace (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge University Press 1999
In: Religion and American culture
Year: 1999, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-65
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