The Resource To be useful to the world : women in revolutionary America, 1740-1790, Joan R. Gundersen
To be useful to the world : women in revolutionary America, 1740-1790, Joan R. Gundersen
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- Summary
- Gundersen's analysis benefits from two decades of scholarly research into the lives of colonial women. Her vivid account synthesizes the work of her colleagues and brings an essential multicultural perspective to the discussion. She examines the lives of African women brought as slaves to the colonies and their American-born descendants, as well as of Native American women. Gundersen also extends the parameters of her study to include the decades that bracketed the Revolution, framing her argument around three generations of women in three households. To be Useful to the World opens with engaging accounts of three women: Elizabeth Porter, a Virginian of the small-planter class whose household includes her extended family and several slaves; Deborah Franklin, the Philadelphian wife of Benjamin Franklin; and Margaret Brant, an Iroquois woman whose family became British allies during the Revolutionary War. Through her examination of these women's lives, Gundersen illustrates the diversity of the colonial experience for women as well as the trends that crossed ethnic and class boundaries. She then follows the lives of these women's daughters through the years of the Revolution and closes her account with their granddaughters, who began their lives in post Revolutionary America. In presenting these daughters of the Revolution, Gundersen finds that while the Revolution provided opportunities for some women it also restricted the lives of others in a give and take resulting from the integrated yet divergent communities that made up the new world. This lucid account brings to life the experience of women during a period of war and profound change, a period that continues to shape American thought and culture to the present
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xv, 273 pages
- Contents
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- The worlds of their mothers
- Women on the move
- The silken cord
- Mistress and servant
- Dutiful daughters and independent minds
- Sisters of the spirit
- "An injurious and ill judging world"
- The garden within
- Daughters of liberty
- Mothers of the Republic
- Isbn
- 9780805799163
- Label
- To be useful to the world : women in revolutionary America, 1740-1790
- Title
- To be useful to the world
- Title remainder
- women in revolutionary America, 1740-1790
- Statement of responsibility
- Joan R. Gundersen
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Gundersen's analysis benefits from two decades of scholarly research into the lives of colonial women. Her vivid account synthesizes the work of her colleagues and brings an essential multicultural perspective to the discussion. She examines the lives of African women brought as slaves to the colonies and their American-born descendants, as well as of Native American women. Gundersen also extends the parameters of her study to include the decades that bracketed the Revolution, framing her argument around three generations of women in three households. To be Useful to the World opens with engaging accounts of three women: Elizabeth Porter, a Virginian of the small-planter class whose household includes her extended family and several slaves; Deborah Franklin, the Philadelphian wife of Benjamin Franklin; and Margaret Brant, an Iroquois woman whose family became British allies during the Revolutionary War. Through her examination of these women's lives, Gundersen illustrates the diversity of the colonial experience for women as well as the trends that crossed ethnic and class boundaries. She then follows the lives of these women's daughters through the years of the Revolution and closes her account with their granddaughters, who began their lives in post Revolutionary America. In presenting these daughters of the Revolution, Gundersen finds that while the Revolution provided opportunities for some women it also restricted the lives of others in a give and take resulting from the integrated yet divergent communities that made up the new world. This lucid account brings to life the experience of women during a period of war and profound change, a period that continues to shape American thought and culture to the present
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gundersen, Joan R
- Dewey number
- 973.3/082
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E276
- LC item number
- .G86 1996
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- American women, 1600-1900
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women
- United States
- United States
- Label
- To be useful to the world : women in revolutionary America, 1740-1790, Joan R. Gundersen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-261) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- txt
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- Contents
- The worlds of their mothers -- Women on the move -- The silken cord -- Mistress and servant -- Dutiful daughters and independent minds -- Sisters of the spirit -- "An injurious and ill judging world" -- The garden within -- Daughters of liberty -- Mothers of the Republic
- Control code
- 35305090
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xv, 273 pages
- Isbn
- 9780805799163
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 96036313
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- To be useful to the world : women in revolutionary America, 1740-1790, Joan R. Gundersen
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-261) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The worlds of their mothers -- Women on the move -- The silken cord -- Mistress and servant -- Dutiful daughters and independent minds -- Sisters of the spirit -- "An injurious and ill judging world" -- The garden within -- Daughters of liberty -- Mothers of the Republic
- Control code
- 35305090
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xv, 273 pages
- Isbn
- 9780805799163
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 96036313
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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