Rebecca Dickinson : independence for a New England woman /

An engaging look into the life of Rebecca Dickinson and the paradoxes presented by an unmarried woman who earned her own living at the time of the American Revolution.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Miller, Marla R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2013.
Colección:Lives of American women.
Temas:
Dickinson, Rebecca, > 1738-1815.
1700-1799
Women > Massachusetts > Hatfield > Social conditions > 18th century.
Single women > Massachusetts > Hatfield > Social conditions > 18th century.
Femmes > Massachusetts > Hatfield > Conditions sociales > 18e siècle.
Femmes seules > Massachusetts > Hatfield > Conditions sociales > 18e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Social aspects.
Single women > Social conditions.
Social conditions
Women > Social conditions.
Hatfield (Mass.) > Social conditions > 18th century.
Hatfield (Mass.) > Biography.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Social aspects.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Révolution) > Aspect social.
Massachusetts > Hatfield.
United States.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Series Editor's Foreword; Author's Preface: Reading an Eighteenth-Century Diary; Introduction: The Independence of Rebecca Dickinson; 1. Origins and Awakenings; 2. Entering the Female Economy; 3. A World at War, a Soul at Peace; 4. The Unraveling; 5. Revolutionary Hatfield; 6. Rebellion, Redux; 7. Reproducing the Nation; 8. Singlehood and the ""Bar in the Way""; 9. The ""Most Dark and Puzzling Affair""; 10. Twilight; Conclusion: Remembering Independence; Primary Sources; Study Questions; Notes; Bibliographic Essay; Index.

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