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. |
Vanuit het boek
Resultaten 1-5 van 41
Pagina 7
... poor: the widows and orphans of men killed. In Philadelphia, however, the war touched o√ an economic boom that helped to fuel a 75 percent growth of that port city.∞π Deborah and Benjamin Franklin prospered along with their city. Like ...
... poor: the widows and orphans of men killed. In Philadelphia, however, the war touched o√ an economic boom that helped to fuel a 75 percent growth of that port city.∞π Deborah and Benjamin Franklin prospered along with their city. Like ...
Pagina 17
... poor seeking work or support. Whatever the reason for leaving home, as women joined the flow of migrants, their gender shaped that experience profoundly. Childcare and household duties meant that women traveled less frequently and for ...
... poor seeking work or support. Whatever the reason for leaving home, as women joined the flow of migrants, their gender shaped that experience profoundly. Childcare and household duties meant that women traveled less frequently and for ...
Pagina 26
... Poor free whites now sought many of the jobs previously filled by servants and slaves. The trend away from slavery continued, but the newly freed slave women competed with immigrants and poor whites for jobs as hired day labor. The ...
... Poor free whites now sought many of the jobs previously filled by servants and slaves. The trend away from slavery continued, but the newly freed slave women competed with immigrants and poor whites for jobs as hired day labor. The ...
Pagina 31
... in New England. Stubbornly retaining matrifocal kin groups and traditional seasonal moves, Indians joined the floating labor poor on the. Mary Brant acted as hostess at Johnson Hall, the elegant home built by. Women on the Move (31.
... in New England. Stubbornly retaining matrifocal kin groups and traditional seasonal moves, Indians joined the floating labor poor on the. Mary Brant acted as hostess at Johnson Hall, the elegant home built by. Women on the Move (31.
Pagina 32
... poor on the edges of EuroAmerican society. Others traded with the whites who surrounded their tiny reservations. Women found a ready market for their skills in basketry, sewing, and farming.∂Ω Indians constantly adapted European items ...
... poor on the edges of EuroAmerican society. Others traded with the whites who surrounded their tiny reservations. Women found a ready market for their skills in basketry, sewing, and farming.∂Ω Indians constantly adapted European items ...
Inhoudsopgave
1 | |
17 | |
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 |
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
To be Useful to the World: Women in Revolutionary America, 1740-1790 Joan R. Gundersen Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2006 |
To be Useful to the World: Women in Revolutionary America, 1740-1790 Joan R. Gundersen Fragmentweergave - 2006 |
To be Useful to the World: Women in Revolutionary America, 1740-1790 Joan R. Gundersen Fragmentweergave - 1996 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
African American Revolution areas became began Black Book Boston Brant British century changes Chapel Hill child church clothes Colonial County couples court cultural Daughters death Deborah dependent di√erent Diary domestic Early economic eighteenth Eighteenth-Century Elizabeth England European example farm female Franklin friends frontier gender girls groups helped History household husband Independence Indian Iroquois January John Journal land less lives major male Margaret marriage married Mary Quarterly Massachusetts meetings Mohawk mother names North Carolina North Carolina Press Norton Pennsylvania Philadelphia political poor Porter Quaker records Religion religious Republic Revolutionary roles Sarah separate servants served sexual signed slaves social Society South Southern status studies Thomas tion trade traditional University Press Virginia virtue widows wife William and Mary wives woman women World York young
Populaire passages
Pagina 262 - John J. McCusker and Russell R. Menard, The Economy of British America, 1607-1789 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1985), 277-294; Jack P.
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.