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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gundersen, Joan R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--United States--History--18th century.

Women.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Women.

United States.

United States--Social life and customs--To 1775.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798890879042

9780807877159

0807877158

OCLC:

82700505