Women of the Constitution : wives of the signers / Janice E. McKenney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKenney, Janice E., 1942-

Contributor:

Daughters of the American Revolution. District of Columbia.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Constitution--Signers--Biography.

United States.

United States. Constitutional Convention (1787).

Constitutional Convention (United States : 1787).

Constitution (United States).

Founding Fathers of the United States.

Statesmen's spouses--United States--Biography.

Statesmen's spouses.

United States--History--1783-1815--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2013.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Women of the Constitution follows in the footsteps of the 1912 work devoted to biographical sketches of the spouses of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (later reprinted in 1997 by WallBuilders as The Wives of the Signers). Women of the Constitution will be the first work devoted exclusively to providing brief biographies of the 43 wives of the signers of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787.

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Ann (Nancy) Ennals Bassett; Elizabeth (Betsy) Garnett Bassett; Jane (Jenny) Ballareau Parker Bedford; Jean Blair Blair; Mary (Molsey) Grainger Blount; Elizabeth (Betsy) Higbee Brearley; Elizabeth Mullen Brearley; Rachel Pierce Broom; Mary (Polly) Middleton Butler; Eleanor Carroll Carroll; Elizabeth Meredith Clymer; Susan Williamson Dayton; Mary (Polly) Norris Dickinson; Catherine (Kitty) Nicholson Few; Catharine Meade Fitzsimons; Deborah (Debby) Read Rogers Franklin; Rebecca Call Gorham; Elizabeth (Betsey) Schuyler Hamilton

Elizabeth (Betsy) Pettit IngersollAnn Beach Johnson; Mary Brewster Beach Johnson; Mary Alsop King; Elizabeth (Betsy) Sherburne Langdon; Susannah French Livingston; Dolley Payne Todd Madison; Margaret (Peggy) Caldwell McHenry; Sarah (Sally) Morris Mifflin; Ann (Nancy) Cary Randolph Morris; Mary (Molly) White Morris; Cornelia Bell Paterson; Euphemia (Affa) Morris White Paterson; Mary (Polly) Eleanor Laurens Pinckney; Sarah (Sally) Middleton Pinckney; Mary Stead Pinckney; Gertrude (Gitty) Ross Till Read; Elizabeth Grimke Rutledge; Elizabeth Hartwell Sherman; Rebecca Prescott Sherman

Mary (Polly) Jones Leech SpaightMartha (Patsy) Dandridge Custis Washington; Maria Apthorp Williamson; Rachel Bird Wilson; Hannah Gray Wilson Bartlett; Appendix. HISTORIC HOUSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE WIVES OF THE SIGNERS; Index; About the Author

Notes:

"A Project of the District of Columbia Daughters of the American Revolution."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-88-8184-046-4

979-82-16-29394-1

1-283-73344-7

0-8108-8499-2

OCLC:

821020810