Charity and Sylvia : a same-sex marriage in early America /

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Charity and Sylvia is the intimate history of the extraordinary marriage of two ordinary early American women. Their story, drawn from the women's personal writings and other original documents, reveals that same-sex marriage is not as new as we think.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cleves, Rachel Hope, 1975-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Bryant, Charity.
Drake, Sylvia, > 1784-1868.
To 1899
To 1865
Same-sex marriage > United States > To 1865.
Lesbian couples > Vermont > Case studies.
Women tailors > Vermont.
Couples de lesbiennes > Vermont > Études de cas.
Tailleuses (Habillement) > Vermont.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Women tailors.
Manners and customs.
Lesbian couples.
Same-sex marriage.
Vermont > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Vermont > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
Vermont.
United States.
Case studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface: "Miss Bryant and Miss Drake were married to each other"
  • A child of melancholy, 1777
  • Infantile days, 1784
  • O the example!, 1787
  • Mistress of a school, 1797
  • So many friends, 1799
  • Discontent and indifferent, 1800
  • Never to marry, 1800
  • Charity and mercy, 1805
  • Charity and Lydia, 1806
  • Charity and Sylvia, February 1807
  • The tie that binds, July 1807
  • Their own dwelling, 1809
  • Wild affections, 1811
  • Miss Bryant was the man, 1820
  • Dear aunts, 1823
  • Stand fast in one spirit, 1828
  • Diligent in business, 1835
  • The cure of her I love, 1839
  • Sylvia drake W, 1851
  • Afterword: "We spend our years as a tale that is told"
  • Notes
  • Index.

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