The Weston sisters: an American abolitionist family

The Westons were among the most influential abolitionists in antebellum Massachusetts, and each of the family's sisters played an integral role, with the eldest, Maria Weston Chapman, becoming one of the anti-slavery movement's most influential members.

Looking into the connections among women, domesticity, and progressive political movements, this book argues that it was the familial cooperation and support between sisters, dubbed 'kin-work', that allowed women like the Westons to participate in the political process, marking a major change in women's roles from the domestic to the public sphere.