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First Lady of Letters
Judith Sargent Murray and the Struggle for Female Independence

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Informationen zum Autor Sheila L. Skemp Klappentext Sheila L. Skemp is Clare Leslie Marquette Professor of History at the University of Mississippi. Zusammenfassung Thanks to the recent discovery of Judith Sargent Murray's papers-including some 2!500 personal letters-Sheila L. Skemp has documented the compelling story of a talented and most unusual eighteenth-century woman. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface PART I. REBELLIONS: 1769-1784 Chapter 1. "This Remote Spot" Chapter 2. Universal Salvation Chapter 3. Independence Chapter 4 Creating a Genteel Nation PART II. REPUBLIC OF LETTERS: 1783-1798 Chapter 5. "Sweet Peace" Chapter 6. A Belle Passion Chapter 7. A Wider World Chapter 8. A Career of Fame Chapter 9. "A School of Virtue" Chapter 10. Federalist Muse PART III. RETREAT: 1798-1820 Chapter 11. "We Are Fallen on Evil Times" Chapter 12. Republican Daughters, Republican Sons Epilogue Afterword List of Archival Sources Notes Index Acknowledgments

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Authors Sheila L. Skemp, SKEMP SHEILA L, Sheila L Skemp
Publisher University of pennsylvania pr
 
Content Book
Product form Paperback / Softback
Publication date 22.03.2013
Subject Humanities, art, music > History
Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
 
EAN 9780812222487
ISBN 978-0-8122-2248-7
Pages 512
 
Series Early American Studies
Early American Studies
Subjects BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
Biography / Autobiography
HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
 

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