Women in George Washington's World /

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"This volume highlights some of the women Washington knew: women who admired and memorialized him; women who provided him love and solace; women who frustrated him; women who worked for or against him. The essays reveal the lives of a diverse group of women, from plantation mistresses to enslav...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Boudreau, George W. (Editor), Lewis, Charlene M. Boyer, 1965- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : University of Virginia Press, 2022.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Washington, George, > 1732-1799.
Washington, George, > 1732-1799 > Friends and associates.
Washington, George, > 1732-1799 > Family.
Washington, George, > 1732-1799 > Relations with women.
Relations with women.
Relations with slaves.
Friendship.
Families.
Biographies.
Informational works.
Essays.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"This volume highlights some of the women Washington knew: women who admired and memorialized him; women who provided him love and solace; women who frustrated him; women who worked for or against him. The essays reveal the lives of a diverse group of women, from plantation mistresses to enslaved workers, loyalists and patriots, poets and socialites, as well as mothers, wives, and sisters. Figures discussed include Mary Ball Washington, Martha Washington, Margaret Arnold, Phillis Wheatley, Abigail Adams, Elizabeth Willing Powel, Moll Judge, Ona Judge, Ann Pamela Cunningham, as well as members of the Washington and Custis families and women workers enslaved by them"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (264 pages): illustrations, portraits ;
ISBN:9780813947457

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