Cover; Ttile Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; SERIES EDITOR'S FOREWORD; AUTHOR'S PREFACE : READING AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY DIARY; Introduction: The Independence of Rebecca Dickinson; 1 Origins and Awakenings; 2 Entering the Female Economy; 3 A World at War, a Soul at Peace; 4 The Unraveling; 5 Revolutionary Hatfield; 6 Rebellion, Redux; 7 Reproducing the Nation; 8 Singlehood and the "Bar in the Way"; 9 The "Most Dark and Puzzling Affair"; 10 Twilight; Conclusion: Remembering Independence; Primary Sources; STUDY QUESTIONS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY; INDEX
