02777nam 2200565 a 450 991081941670332120230207224845.0979-88-908790-4-20-8078-7715-8(CKB)1000000000467141(EBL)880175(OCoLC)82700505(SSID)ssj0000259722(PQKBManifestationID)12032572(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000259722(PQKBWorkID)10191336(PQKB)10499316(Au-PeEL)EBL880175(CaPaEBR)ebr10460917(CaONFJC)MIL929144(MiAaPQ)EBC880175(EXLCZ)99100000000046714120060214d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTo be useful to the world[electronic resource] women in revolutionary America, 1740-1790 /Joan R. GundersenRev. ed.Chapel Hill [N.C.] University of North Carolina Pressc20061 online resource (344 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-5697-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Preface to the 1996 Edition; 1 The Worlds of Their Mothers; 2 Women on the Move; 3 The Silken Cord; 4 Mistress and Servant; 5 Dutiful Daughters and Independent Minds; 6 Sisters of the Spirit; 7 An Injurious and Ill Judging World; 8 The Garden Within; 9 Daughters of Liberty; 10 Mothers of the Republic; Essay on the Sources; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; YOffering 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 changeWomenUnited StatesHistory18th centuryUnited StatesHistoryRevolution, 1775-1783WomenUnited StatesSocial life and customsTo 1775WomenHistory973.3082Gundersen Joan R1715667MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819416703321To be useful to the world4110513UNINA