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Sentiments of a British-American woman : Esther DeBerdt Reed and the American Revolution
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Sentiments of a British-American woman : Esther DeBerdt Reed and the American Revolution / Owen S. Ireland.
ISBN
9780271079288
0271079282
Publication
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]
Physical Description
xi, 252 pages ; 24 cm
Summary
"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.
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Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 07, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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.
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