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

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

Product details

• 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)