Liberty's daughters

the revolutionary experience of American women, 1750-1800 : with a new preface

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Paperback, 384 pages

English language

Published Aug. 14, 1996 by Cornell University Press.

ISBN:
978-0-8014-8347-9
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OCLC Number:
34355626

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First published in 1980, Liberty's Daughters is widely considered a landmark book on the history of American women and on the Revolution itself. Norton brilliantly portrays a dramatic transformation of women's private lives in the wake of the Revolution. This fascinating human story includes lively anecdotes and revealing details from the personal papers of 450 eighteenth-century families. - Publisher.

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Subjects

  • Women -- United States -- History -- Sources
  • Women in politics -- United States -- History -- Sources
  • United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Women -- Sources