To Be Useful to the World: Women in Revolutionary America, 1740-1790Univ of North Carolina Press, 8 dec 2006 - 344 pagina's 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" or a disaster for women. Gundersen argues that women's lives varied greatly depending on race and class, but all women had to work within shifting parameters that enabled opportunities for some while constraining opportunities for others. Three generations of women in three households personalize these changes: Elizabeth Dutoy Porter, member of the small-planter class whose Virginia household included an African American enslaved woman named Peg; Deborah Franklin, common-law wife of the prosperous revolutionary, Benjamin; and Margaret Brant, matriarch of a prominent Mohawk family who sided with the British during the war. This edition incorporates substantial revisions in the text and the notes to take into account the scholarship that has appeared since the book's original publication in 1996. |
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... major changes in all areas of life. Many of these changes began separately from the events leading to independence, but simultaneous events seldom run on parallel, untouching tracks. In a revolution, changes in one area result in ...
... major changes in all areas of life. Many of these changes began separately from the events leading to independence, but simultaneous events seldom run on parallel, untouching tracks. In a revolution, changes in one area result in ...
Pagina 5
... major destination in Virginia for African-born slaves. Slaves on both large and small plantations learned English and other plantation skills quickly.∞∞ On small plantations, slaves spent much of their time working with whites. By ...
... major destination in Virginia for African-born slaves. Slaves on both large and small plantations learned English and other plantation skills quickly.∞∞ On small plantations, slaves spent much of their time working with whites. By ...
Pagina 9
... major scandal. Despite laws against fornication, bastardy, and adultery, many colonial couples married after the birth of children, especially on the frontier and in the South. By the 1740s prosecutions for bastardy throughout the ...
... major scandal. Despite laws against fornication, bastardy, and adultery, many colonial couples married after the birth of children, especially on the frontier and in the South. By the 1740s prosecutions for bastardy throughout the ...
Pagina 12
... major Mohawk villages. It had about the same population as the Manakin community where Elizabeth Porter was born. Probably born between 1710 and 1720, Margaret was only a few years younger than Elizabeth Porter and Deborah Franklin ...
... major Mohawk villages. It had about the same population as the Manakin community where Elizabeth Porter was born. Probably born between 1710 and 1720, Margaret was only a few years younger than Elizabeth Porter and Deborah Franklin ...
Pagina 15
... major varieties of women's experience in 1740. Although Peg and Elizabeth Porter worked side-by-side in the same household and were present for the births of each other's daughters, the two women in many ways lived in di√erent worlds ...
... major varieties of women's experience in 1740. Although Peg and Elizabeth Porter worked side-by-side in the same household and were present for the births of each other's daughters, the two women in many ways lived in di√erent worlds ...
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3 The Silken Cord | 45 |
4 Mistress and Servant | 67 |
5 Dutiful Daughters and Independent Minds | 89 |
6 Sisters of the Spirit | 109 |
7 An Injurious and Ill Judging World | 133 |
8 The Garden Within | 153 |
9 Daughters of Liberty | 173 |
10 Mothers of the Republic | 201 |
Essay on the Sources | 219 |
Notes | 237 |
Index | 315 |
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Pagina 308 - The female review: or, Memoirs of an American young lady; whose life and character are peculiarly distinguished — being a continental soldier, for nearly three years, in the late American war.