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To be useful to the world : women in revolutionary America, 1740-1790 /

"Offering an interpretation of the Revolutionary period that places women at the center, Joan R. Gundersen provides a synthesis of the scholarship on women's experiences during the era as well as a nuanced understanding that moves beyond a view of the war as either a "golden age"...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gundersen, Joan R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2006.
Edition:Rev. ed.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; Preface to the 1996 Edition; 1 The Worlds of Their Mothers; 2 Women on the Move; 3 The Silken Cord; 4 Mistress and Servant; 5 Dutiful Daughters and Independent Minds; 6 Sisters of the Spirit; 7 An Injurious and Ill Judging World; 8 The Garden Within; 9 Daughters of Liberty; 10 Mothers of the Republic; Essay on the Sources; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y