To be useful to the world : women in revolutionary America, 1740-1790 / / Joan R. Gundersen

• Autore: Gundersen Joan R
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill [N.C.], : University of North Carolina Press, c2006
• Edizione: Rev. ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.3082
• Soggetto topico: Women - United States - History - 18th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Women; United States Social life and customs To 1775
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: Offering 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 change
• Titolo autorizzato: To be useful to the world
• ISBN: 979-88-908790-4-2; 0-8078-7715-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819416703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II