Compassionate Protector of America: The Symbolism of Old Hickory in a Jackson Woman's Mind |
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Authors: | Jeffrey Normand Bourdon |
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Institution: | 1. The University of Mississippi , Oxford, MS, USA jbourdon@olemiss.edu |
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Abstract: | Serving as America's only female newspaper editor during the election of 1832, Anne Royall became possibly the first public “Jackson Woman” by supporting the chief executive's bid for re-election in her sheet titled Paul Pry. A closer look at Royall's recollections from her travels in Alabama from 1818 to 1822 shows her to be a blooming “Jackson Woman” developing before the Jackson party was even conceived. In 1828, Royall's Black Books produced a scathing indictment of American society. Both the Adams and Jackson campaigns actively recruited her for their mud-slinging contest but she declined. Three years later Royall started printing Paul Pry. The Black Books and Paul Pry gave Royall a public voice, and she was not afraid to use it. Between 1818 and 1832, Anne Royall went from being a Jackson admirer to being a public Jackson woman. |
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Keywords: | Anne Royall symbolism Andrew Jackson the elections of 1828 and 1832 |
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