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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Pagina xiii
... served as one of the constants in British colonial life. The economic, social, and political changes of the era of the American Revolution reworked women's roles so that the daughters of the Revolution lived in a new world very di ...
... served as one of the constants in British colonial life. The economic, social, and political changes of the era of the American Revolution reworked women's roles so that the daughters of the Revolution lived in a new world very di ...
Pagina 4
... . The Porters were active members of the King William Parish, where services in 1740 were conducted in French and English by the parson of a nearby Anglican parish. Elizabeth's father had served 4) The Worlds of Their Mothers.
... . The Porters were active members of the King William Parish, where services in 1740 were conducted in French and English by the parson of a nearby Anglican parish. Elizabeth's father had served 4) The Worlds of Their Mothers.
Pagina 5
... served on the King William Parish Vestry until his death in 1726. Her brother Isaac was elected to the vestry in 1746 and her husband Thomas in 1750. Although neither Elizabeth nor Barbara could write, they may have been able to read ...
... served on the King William Parish Vestry until his death in 1726. Her brother Isaac was elected to the vestry in 1746 and her husband Thomas in 1750. Although neither Elizabeth nor Barbara could write, they may have been able to read ...
Pagina 22
... served longer terms of service than most other adults. Thus they o√ered a longer return (if they lived) on the initial purchase price. The inclusion of such property crimes as theft in the list of capital o√enses ensured a supply of ...
... served longer terms of service than most other adults. Thus they o√ered a longer return (if they lived) on the initial purchase price. The inclusion of such property crimes as theft in the list of capital o√enses ensured a supply of ...
Pagina 29
... served as bridges between cultures. Indians and whites together already had created a cultural ''middle ground'' with its own rules of interaction, cultural accommodation, and negotiation for trade and diplomacy. Women—captives, wives ...
... served as bridges between cultures. Indians and whites together already had created a cultural ''middle ground'' with its own rules of interaction, cultural accommodation, and negotiation for trade and diplomacy. Women—captives, wives ...
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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 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.