02514nam 2200529 450 991080845210332120230809235656.00-271-08061-20-271-08063-910.1515/9780271080635(CKB)4970000000000047(OCoLC)1033929088(MdBmJHUP)muse68722(MiAaPQ)EBC6224783(DE-B1597)583739(DE-B1597)9780271080635(EXLCZ)99497000000000004720200929d2017 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSentiments of a British-American woman Esther DeBerdt Reed and the American Revolution /Owen S. IrelandUniversity Park, Pennsylvania :The Pennsylvania State University Press,[2017]©20171 online resource (xi, 252 pages )0-271-07928-2 Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-244) and index.Esther : imprudent and impatient love -- Joseph : love and calculation -- A willful girl matures -- Responsibilities and schemes -- Politics : old world patronage -- Love defeats prudence -- Exiled where women "stooped like country girls" -- A new political identity : "they" becomes "we" -- "Unleash the dogs of war" -- Politics : new world democracy -- America's female politician -- Triumph and tragedy."Explores the life and work of political publicist and strategist Esther DeBerdt Reed, who, in a life highly structured by conflict, national identity, religion, and the overall importance of being a wife and mother, gave eloquent expression to the political aspirations of female patriots in Revolutionary America"--Provided by publisher.Women political activistsUnited StatesBiographyPoliticians' spousesUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783United StatesPolitics and government1775-1783United StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783WomenBiographyWomen political activistsPoliticians' spouses973.31092Ireland Owen S.1671575MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808452103321Sentiments of a British-American woman4034241UNINA