Jean H. Baker is a Professor of History at Goucher College. She was a National Endowment for the Humanities fellow in 1982. In 1979 she was an editor for Maryland Historical Magazine. She is a member of the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association, and the Conference of Women Historians. Her publications include The Civil War and Reconstruction, The Politics of Continuity, and Ambivalent Americans. She has also written several stories on suffragists including Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul, and Frances Willard.

"This is a bold and imaginative book, and its reach is wide. There is nothing like it in contemporary political historiography and it will have a major impact on the way American historians think about the politics of the period." -- -Joel Sibey Cornell University "Baker's work [is] a welcome complement to studies of 19th-century political culture... Her analysis is both original and provocative." -Choice

Jean H. Baker is a Professor of History at Goucher College. She was a National Endowment for the Humanities fellow in 1982. In 1979 she was an editor for Maryland Historical Magazine. She is a member of the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association, and the Conference of Women Historians. Her publications include The Civil War and Reconstruction, The Politics of Continuity, and Ambivalent Americans. She has also written several stories on suffragists including Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul, and Frances Willard.

"This is a bold and imaginative book, and its reach is wide. There is nothing like it in contemporary political historiography and it will have a major impact on the way American historians think about the politics of the period." -- -Joel Sibey Cornell University "Baker's work [is] a welcome complement to studies of 19th-century political culture... Her analysis is both original and provocative." -Choice

Jean H. Baker is a Professor of History at Goucher College. She was a National Endowment for the Humanities fellow in 1982. In 1979 she was an editor for Maryland Historical Magazine. She is a member of the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association, and the Conference of Women Historians. Her publications include The Civil War and Reconstruction, The Politics of Continuity, and Ambivalent Americans. She has also written several stories on suffragists including Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul, and Frances Willard.

"This is a bold and imaginative book, and its reach is wide. There is nothing like it in contemporary political historiography and it will have a major impact on the way American historians think about the politics of the period." -- -Joel Sibey Cornell University "Baker's work [is] a welcome complement to studies of 19th-century political culture... Her analysis is both original and provocative." -Choice