ISBN:
9780801449499
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxi, 247 p)
,
ill., ports
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Separated by their sex
DDC:
305.40973/09032
Keywords:
Women in public life History
;
Women in public life History
;
Women History
;
Women History
;
United States ; History ; Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
;
Women ; Great Britain ; History
;
Women ; United States ; History
;
Women in public life ; Great Britain ; History
;
Women in public life ; United States ; History
;
Electronic books
;
United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Abstract:
A bold genealogy of gender in the Anglo-American public sphere from the 1640s to the 1760s.
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Lady Frances Berkeley and Virginia Politics, 1675-1678 -- Mistress Alice Tilly and Her Supporters, 1649-1650 -- 2. English Women in the Public Realm, 1642-1653 -- Mistress Elinor James and Her Broadsides, 1681-1714 -- 3. John Dunton and the Invention of the Feminine Private -- Mistress Sarah Kemble Knight and Her Journal, 1704 -- 4. Women and Politics, Eighteenth Century-Style -- Lady Chatham and Her Correspondents, 1740s-1760s -- 5. Consolidating the Feminine Private -- Conclusion: Defining "Women" -- Notes -- Index.
Description / Table of Contents:
Lady Frances Berkeley and Virginia politics, 1675-1678Mistress Alice Tilly and her supporters, 1649-1650 -- English women in the public realm, 1642-1653 -- Mistress Elinor James and her broadsides, 1681-1714 -- John Dunton and the invention of the feminine private -- Mistress Sarah Kemble Knight and her journal, 1704 -- Women and politics, eighteenth century style -- Lady Chatham and her correspondents, 1740s-1760s -- Consolidating the feminine private -- Conclusion : defining "women."
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801460890
URL:
Volltext
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