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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... separately from the events leading to independence, but simultaneous events seldom run on parallel, untouching tracks ... separate social circles. Yet their lives and the households they lived in illustrate both the shared aspects and di ...
... separately from the events leading to independence, but simultaneous events seldom run on parallel, untouching tracks ... separate social circles. Yet their lives and the households they lived in illustrate both the shared aspects and di ...
Pagina 4
... separate kitchen fireplace. Thomas was often in the fields supervising the tobacco cultivation, so Elizabeth or Barbara often transacted family business with neighbors, buying and selling garden goods or farm surpluses and accepting ...
... separate kitchen fireplace. Thomas was often in the fields supervising the tobacco cultivation, so Elizabeth or Barbara often transacted family business with neighbors, buying and selling garden goods or farm surpluses and accepting ...
Pagina 5
... separate barn and a kitchen. The few beds and chairs and simple table could be pushed to the side during the day so that the women could spin or weave, and the family could do other tasks. Little Elizabeth, John, and Dutoy probably ...
... separate barn and a kitchen. The few beds and chairs and simple table could be pushed to the side during the day so that the women could spin or weave, and the family could do other tasks. Little Elizabeth, John, and Dutoy probably ...
Pagina 6
... separate naming traditions evident among slave families on Porter farms by 1767. The slave children on the Porter plantation shared names with members of their parents' generation.∞∏ The women of the Porter household thus brought ...
... separate naming traditions evident among slave families on Porter farms by 1767. The slave children on the Porter plantation shared names with members of their parents' generation.∞∏ The women of the Porter household thus brought ...
Pagina 19
... separate rights to property she inherited or brought to a marriage, and a share in property acquired during marriage. Under Virginia common law, Barbara had only a one-third life interest in such property, unless her husband chose to ...
... separate rights to property she inherited or brought to a marriage, and a share in property acquired during marriage. Under Virginia common law, Barbara had only a one-third life interest in such property, unless her husband chose to ...
Inhoudsopgave
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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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