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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459986903321

Autore

Zagarri Rosemarie

Titolo

A Woman's Dilemma [[electronic resource] ] : Mercy Otis Warren and the American Revolution

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2014

ISBN

1-118-77485-X

1-322-24391-3

1-118-77481-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Disciplina

973.3092

Soggetti

Authors, American -- 18th century -- Biography

Historians -- United States -- Biography

HISTORY / United States / General

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Women

Warren, Mercy Otis, 1728-1814

Authors, American - 18th century - United States

Historians

English

Languages & Literatures

American Literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

A Woman's Dilemma: Mercy Otis Warren and The AmericanRevolution; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Acknowledgments Second Edition; A Partial Genealogy of the Family of Mercy Otis Warren; Map: Massachusetts in 1782 ; Timeline: Mercy Otis Warren/The American Revolution; Introduction; Chapter 1 The First Friends of Her Heart; Study questions; Chapter 2 Politics as a Family Affair; Study questions; Chapter 3 Her Pen as a Sword; Study questions; Chapter 4 War Widows; Study questions; Chapter 5 An Old Republican; Study questions; Chapter 6 "History is not the Province of the Ladies"

Study questionsConclusion: The Line Beyond Her Sex; Bibliographical



Essay; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Chapter 1 The First Friends of Her Heart; Chapter 2 Politics as a Family Affair; Chapter 3 Her Pen as a Sword; Chapter 4 War Widows; Chapter 5 An Old Republican; Chapter 6 "History is not the Province of the Ladies"; Conclusion: The Line Beyond Her Sex; Index; End User License Agreement

Sommario/riassunto

The second edition of A Woman's Dilemma: Mercy Otis Warren and the American Revolution updates Rosemarie Zagarri's biography of one of the most accomplished women of the Revolutionary era. The work places Warren into the social and political context in which she lived and examines the impact of Warren's writings on Revolutionary politics and the status of women in early America.Presents readers with an engaging and accessible historical biography of an accomplished literary and political figure of the Revolutionary eraProvides an incisive narrative of the social and intellectual forces that co