Parlor politics : in which the ladies of Washington help build a city and a government / Catherine Allgor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allgor, Catherine, 1958-

Series:

Jeffersonian America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Political activity--Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century.

Women.

Women--Political activity.

Manners and customs.

Politics and government.

History.

Entertaining.

Upper class women.

Washington (D.C.).

Upper class women--Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century.

Entertaining--Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century.

Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century.

Washington (D.C.)--Politics and government--19th century.

Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs--19th century.

Physical Description:

299 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 2000.

Summary:

In the days before organized political parties, the social machine built by early federal women helped to ease the transition from a failed republican experiment to a burgeoning democracy. Now an award-winning historian explores the "petticoat politicking" of the ladies in Washington, D.C., as they brought politics into the parlor.

Contents:

1 test chapter title

2 2nd test chapter title.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page) and index.

ISBN:

0813919983

OCLC:

44132899