Fr. 59.40

Virginia Women - Their Lives and Times

English · Paperback / Softback

Shipping usually within 2 to 3 weeks (title will be printed to order)

Description

Read more

Informationen zum Autor Cynthia A. Kierner is professor of history at George Mason University. Sandra Gioia Treadway is the director of the Library of Virginia. Klappentext Virginia Women is the first of two volumes exploring the history of Virginia women through the lives of exemplary and remarkable individuals. This collection of seventeen essays, written by established and emerging scholars, recovers the stories and voices of a diverse group of women, from the seventeenth century through the Civil War era. Placing their subjects in their larger historical contexts, the authors show how the experiences of Virginia women varied by race, class, age, and marital status, and also across both space and time. Some essays examine the lives of well-known women--such as First Lady Dolley Madison--from a new perspective. Others introduce readers to relatively obscure historical figures: the convicted witch Grace Sherwood; the colonial printer Clementina Rind; Harriet Hemings, the enslaved daughter of Thomas Jefferson. Essays on the frontier heroine Mary Draper Ingles and the Civil War spy Elizabeth Van Lew examine the real women behind the legends. Altogether, the essays in this collection offer readers an engaging and personal window onto the experiences of women in the Old Dominion.

About the author










Cynthia A. Kierner (Editor)
>Sandra Gioia Treadway (Editor)
>

Product details

Authors Cynthia A. (EDT)/ Treadway Kierner
Assisted by Cynthia Kierner (Editor), Cynthia A Kierner (Editor), Cynthia A. Kierner (Editor), Sandra Treadway (Editor), Sandra Gioia Treadway (Editor)
Publisher The University of Georgia Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.04.2015
 
EAN 9780820342634
ISBN 978-0-8203-4263-4
No. of pages 392
Series Southern Women: Their Lives an
Southern Women: Their Lives an
Southern Women: Their Lives and Times
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history
Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries

Customer reviews

No reviews have been written for this item yet. Write the first review and be helpful to other users when they decide on a purchase.

Write a review

Thumbs up or thumbs down? Write your own review.

For messages to CeDe.ch please use the contact form.

The input fields marked * are obligatory

By submitting this form you agree to our data privacy statement.