Author:

Norton, Mary Beth  Search this

Physical description:

xxi, 247 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

United States

Great Britain

Date:

2011

Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Contents:

Lady Frances Berkeley and Virginia politics, 1675-1678 -- Mistress 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."

Topic:

Women--History  Search this

Women in public life--History  Search this

History  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_966680