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Sentiments of a British-American Woman : Esther DeBerdt Reed and the American Revolution /

"Explores the life and work of political publicist and strategist Esther DeBerdt Reed, who, in a life highly structured by conflict, national identity, religion, and the overall importance of being a wife and mother, gave eloquent expression to the political aspirations of female patriots in Re...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ireland, Owen S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Esther : imprudent and impatient love
  • Joseph : love and calculation
  • A willful girl matures
  • Responsibilities and schemes
  • Politics : old world patronage
  • Love defeats prudence
  • Exiled where women "stooped like country girls"
  • A new political identity : "they" becomes "we"
  • "Unleash the dogs of war"
  • Politics : new world democracy
  • America's female politician
  • Triumph and tragedy.