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- catalog abstract ""The marriage of Kate Chase to William Sprague inaugurated the most publicized union and divorce of the Civil War era. Katherine "Kate" Chase was the daughter of Salmon P. Chase, a leading antislavery politician and member of Abraham Lincoln's cabinet. Motherless from an early age, she became her father's official hostess during the Civil War and Reconstruction years as well as his unofficial campaign manager. As the opening of the Civil War, her husband, William Sprague, was a wealthy industrialist, the "boy governor" of Rhode Island, a dashing military figure, and an alcoholic." "After looking at the lives of Chase and Sprague before they met, Peg A. Lamphier analyzes their courtship, their marriage, Chase's role as her father's campaign manager, Sprague's marital infidelities, Chase's affair with Roscoe Conkling, Sprague's abusiveness, and Chase and Sprague's divorce and the issues of child custody it evoked. Pushing the boundaries of power and gender, Chase showed her ability to play politics in both public and private forums and to regain her independence as a woman in an arena dominated by men. Kate Chase and William Sprague delves into the social history of a nineteenth-century marriage and provides important insight into the role of gender in the political history of the time."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13014501.
- catalog coverage "United States History 1865-1898 Biography.".
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Biography.".
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""After looking at the lives of Chase and Sprague before they met, Peg A. Lamphier analyzes their courtship, their marriage, Chase's role as her father's campaign manager, Sprague's marital infidelities, Chase's affair with Roscoe Conkling, Sprague's abusiveness, and Chase and Sprague's divorce and the issues of child custody it evoked.".
- catalog description ""The marriage of Kate Chase to William Sprague inaugurated the most publicized union and divorce of the Civil War era. Katherine "Kate" Chase was the daughter of Salmon P. Chase, a leading antislavery politician and member of Abraham Lincoln's cabinet.".
- catalog description "Before they met: family life in the mid-nineteenth century, 1830-1861 -- "My former self has lost its identity": The courtship and weeding, 1861-1863 -- No future brighter: Braving the perils of marriage and reconstruction politics, 1863-1868 -- No future brighter: braving the perils of marriage and reconstruction politics, 1863-1868 -- "Argument and pertinacity": the difficult years, 1868-1873 -- The beginning of the end: domestic infidelities and family life, 1874-1878 -- "Whiskey, economy and disregarded wishes": The Narragansett affair, domestic abuse, and state politics, 1879 -- "Extreme cruelty and gross misbehavior": divorce and politics, 1800 -- "Baleful grief and bitter bread": surviving divorce in the gilded age, 1881-1915.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-307) and index.".
- catalog description "Motherless from an early age, she became her father's official hostess during the Civil War and Reconstruction years as well as his unofficial campaign manager. As the opening of the Civil War, her husband, William Sprague, was a wealthy industrialist, the "boy governor" of Rhode Island, a dashing military figure, and an alcoholic."".
- catalog description "Pushing the boundaries of power and gender, Chase showed her ability to play politics in both public and private forums and to regain her independence as a woman in an arena dominated by men. Kate Chase and William Sprague delves into the social history of a nineteenth-century marriage and provides important insight into the role of gender in the political history of the time."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "x, 315 p. :".
- catalog identifier "080322947X (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States History 1865-1898 Biography.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Biography.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "306.89/0973/09034 21".
- catalog subject "Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873 Family.".
- catalog subject "Divorce United States Case studies.".
- catalog subject "E415.9.S76 L36 2003".
- catalog subject "Legislators United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Legislators' spouses United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Marriage United States Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Married people United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Sprague, Kate Chase, 1840-1899.".
- catalog subject "Sprague, William, 1830-1915.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Before they met: family life in the mid-nineteenth century, 1830-1861 -- "My former self has lost its identity": The courtship and weeding, 1861-1863 -- No future brighter: Braving the perils of marriage and reconstruction politics, 1863-1868 -- No future brighter: braving the perils of marriage and reconstruction politics, 1863-1868 -- "Argument and pertinacity": the difficult years, 1868-1873 -- The beginning of the end: domestic infidelities and family life, 1874-1878 -- "Whiskey, economy and disregarded wishes": The Narragansett affair, domestic abuse, and state politics, 1879 -- "Extreme cruelty and gross misbehavior": divorce and politics, 1800 -- "Baleful grief and bitter bread": surviving divorce in the gilded age, 1881-1915.".
- catalog title "Kate Chase and William Sprague : politics and gender in a Civil War marriage / Peg A. Lamphier.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "Case studies. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".