| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 252 pages) |
| Contents |
Esther : imprudent and impatient love -- Joseph : love and calculation -- A willful girl matures -- Responsibilities and schemes -- Politics : old world patronage -- Love defeats prudence -- Exiled where women "stooped like country girls" -- A new political identity : "they" becomes "we" -- "Unleash the dogs of war" -- Politics : new world democracy -- America's female politician -- Triumph and tragedy |
| Summary |
"Explores the life and work of political publicist and strategist Esther DeBerdt Reed, who, in a life highly structured by conflict, national identity, religion, and the overall importance of being a wife and mother, gave eloquent expression to the political aspirations of female patriots in Revolutionary America"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 27, 2018) |
| Subject |
Reed, Esther, 1747-1780.
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Reed, Esther, 1747-1780
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Reed, Esther, 1747-1780 |
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Women political activists -- United States -- Biography
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Politicians' spouses -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
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Women
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Politicians' spouses
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Politics and government
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Women political activists
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Women -- Biography
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780271080611 |
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0271080612 |
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9780271080635 |
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0271080639 |
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