Liberty's daughters

the revolutionary experience of American women, 1750-1800 : with a new preface

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Liberty's daughters

the revolutionary experience of American women, 1750-1800 : with a new preface

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First published in 1980, Liberty's Daughters is widely considered a landmark book on the history of American women and on the Revolution itself. Norton brilliantly portrays a dramatic transformation of women's private lives in the wake of the Revolution. This fascinating human story includes lively anecdotes and revealing details from the personal papers of 450 eighteenth-century families. - Publisher.

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English
Pages
384

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Liberty's daughters: the Revolutionary experience of American women, 1750-1800
1980, Little, Brown
in English - 1st ed.
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Cover of: Liberty's daughters
Liberty's daughters: the Revolutionary experience of American women, 1750-1800
1980, Little, Brown
in English - 1st ed.

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Table of Contents

Part one : The constant patterns of women's lives.
The small circle of domestic concerns
he important crisis upon which our fate depends
Fair flowers if rightly cultivated
In what would you shew your activity?
As independent as circumstances will admit
Part two : The changing patterns of women's lives.
We commenced perfect statesmen
Necessity taught us
A reverence of self
Vindicating the equality of female intellect
Conclusion : A new era of female history

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-374) and index.

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Ithaca, N.Y
Genre
Sources.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
305.42/0973
Library of Congress
HQ1418 .N67 1996, HQ1418.N67 1996

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
xxii, 384 p.
Number of pages
384
Dimensions
23 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL975199M
Internet Archive
libertysdaughter0000nort_t3r0
ISBN 10
0801483476
ISBN 13
9780801483479
LCCN
96012247
OCLC/WorldCat
34355626
Library Thing
5334
Goodreads
340312

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