Radical Friend

“Radical Friend is a pleasure to read, offering a significant reinterpretation of nineteenth-century American reform as egalitarian, interracial, and defiant of social, political, and religious hierarchies.” — Carol Faulkner, Syracuse University

“In this biography of a critical but overlooked activist, Hewitt takes us into the lived experiences of the antebellum reform and abolitionist movements. The result is an amazingly satisfying exploration of the fabric and central tendencies of the nineteenth-century quest for a more perfect America.” — John Brooke, Ohio State University

“An inspirational, academic, and historical biography that presents a new role model for intersectional social justice movements.” — Library Journal

“A timely contribution to studies of mid-nineteenth-century women’s writing and activism. True to Post’s role as a conductor, the biography paints a picture of an extensive community network within which the main subject a times receded from view in order to promote the centrality of others’ voices.”—Legacy

“Hewitt’s research for Radical Friend was deep, broad, and complex. . . . [It] carefully weaves [Amy] Post’s Quaker/Friends roots in with her increasing involvement in reform movements. . . . Essential.”—“Resources for Gender and Womens Studies”