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100 1 $aCleary, Patricia,$d1962-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00038603
245 10 $aElizabeth Murray :$ba woman's pursuit of independence in eighteenth-century America /$cPatricia Cleary.
260 $aAmherst :$bUniversity of Massachusetts,$c[2000], ©2000.
300 $axii, 279 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [265]-274) and index.
520 1 $a"Elizabeth Murray (1726-1785) was a Scottish immigrant who settled in Boston in her early twenties and took up shopkeeping. For many years, she practiced her trade successfully while marrying three times, once to a much older man who left her an extremely rich widow. This biography chronicles the life of this extraordinary "ordinary" woman who tried to make a place for herself and other women in the world by asserting her own independence inside and outside of the home.".
520 8 $a"The spirit of independence which Murray so valued in herself and nurtured in other women was severely tested by the upheavals of the American Revolution. With strong loyalties to both Britain and America, she was torn by the conflict, especially when close relatives chose opposing sides and her third husband abandoned her, leaving her to defend the family estate alone.
520 8 $aHer wartime experiences - wild midnight rides, accusations of being a spy, quartering both royal and rebel troops and brief imprisonment - vividly capture the turmoil of the Revolution and highlight the range of her political commitments."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aMurray, Elizabeth,$d1726-1785.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00038602
650 0 $aWomen$zMassachusetts$zBoston$vBiography.
650 0 $aBusinesswomen$zMassachusetts$zBoston$vBiography.
651 0 $aBoston (Mass.)$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85015932
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xWomen.
700 1 $aMurray, Elizabeth,$d1726-1785.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00038602
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