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Making Men and Women Blush: Masculinity, Femininity, and Reform in Nineteenth-Century Central New York

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On a clear June day in 1844, thousands of social reformers gathered in an upstate New York cemetery to commemorate the death of Myron Holley, one of the founders of the abolitionist Liberty Party. Prayers were said, hymns were sung, and a monument was erected before the New York reformer, businessman, and philanthropist Gerrit Smith (1797–1874; Fig. 13.1) addressed the crowd gathered under the trees and around Holley’s new grave marker. In his speech, he touted Holley’s achievements and lamented the costs that accrued once one took on the abolitionist label. For, devotion to the enslaved prompted accusations of fanaticism, stirred the deep hatred of abolition’s many opponents, and required abolitionists to submit “to all the sacrifices of ease and respectability…” (Smith 1844: 10).

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I am indebted to my advisors and friends Theresa Singleton and LouAnn Wurst for guiding much of my Smithfield research, which benefitted in countless ways from their encouragement, patience, and insights. A hearty thank you must also go to the many volunteers, friends, and loved ones (especially Ken Aaron, Barb DeAngelo and the late Gordon DeAngelo, and my extended family in Smithfield and at Syracuse University) who offered logistical and emotional support as needed. I also must acknowledge the American Association of University Women American Fellowship program for funding the writing up of the research and the New York State/United University Professions Individual Development Grant program for enabling travel to the WAC-6 session that was the basis for this volume. Finally, I am grateful to Suzanne and Stacey for inviting me to participate in their session and to Suzanne and my SUNY Potsdam colleagues (especially the Associated Colleges Anthropology Writing Roundtable Group members) for their generous feedback on an early version of this manuscript, for which I am solely responsible.

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Kruczek-Aaron, H. (2013). Making Men and Women Blush: Masculinity, Femininity, and Reform in Nineteenth-Century Central New York. In: Spencer-Wood, S. (eds) Historical and Archaeological Perspectives on Gender Transformations. Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4863-1_13

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