Women in George Washington's world / edited by Charlene M. Boyer Lewis and George W. Boudreau.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lewis, Charlene M. Boyer, 1965- editor.

Boudreau, George W., editor.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Washington, George, 1732-1799--Relations with women.

Washington, George.

Washington, George, 1732-1799--Family.

Washington, George, 1732-1799--Friends and associates.

Washington, George, 1732-1799--Relations with slaves.

Washington, George, 1732-1799.

Families.

Friendship.

Relations with slaves.

Relations with women.

Physical Description:

x, 254 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, 2022.

Summary:

"This volume highlights some of the women Washington knew: women who admired and memorialized him; women who provided him love and solace; women who frustrated him; women who worked for or against him. The essays reveal the lives of a diverse group of women, from plantation mistresses to enslaved workers, loyalists and patriots, poets and socialites, as well as mothers, wives, and sisters. Figures discussed include Mary Ball Washington, Martha Washington, Margaret Arnold, Phillis Wheatley, Abigail Adams, Elizabeth Willing Powel, Moll Judge, Ona Judge, Ann Pamela Cunningham, as well as members of the Washington and Custis families and women workers enslaved by them"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: The Mother of the Father: Memorializing Mary Washington in Antebellum Virginia / Kate Haulman

"She Did Not Come Up to `Ole Mistis' in Mammy's Eyes!": Relationships between the Women, Enslaved and Free, of Mount Vernon / Mary v. Thompson

Service and Sacrifice: Martha Washington / Lynn Price Robbins

"The Tender Heart of the Chief Could Not Support the Scene": General Washington, Margaret Arnold, and the Treason at West Point / Charlene M. Boyer Lewis

George Washington and Phillis Wheatley: The Indispensable Man and the Poet Laureate of the American Revolution / James G. Basker

Abigail Adams and the President's Portrait / Sara Georgini

"You Are Welcome to Eat at Her Table": Elizabeth Willing Powels World of Philadelphia / Samantha Snyder

"I Had Friends among the Colored People of the Town": The Enslaved Women of the Presidents Household and Philadelphia's African American Community / George W. Boudreau

Invalid Juggernaut: Ann Pamela Cunningham and Her Quest to Save George Washington's Mount Vernon / Ann Bay Goddin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Women in George Washington's world

ISBN:

9780813947440

0813947448

OCLC:

1280600104