Female genius : Eliza Harriot and George Washington at the dawn of the Constitution /

"A biography of Eliza Harriot Barons O'Connor, an educator whose 1787 Philadelphia public lecture attended by George Washington might have inspired the gender-neutral language of the Constitution. Explores women's public roles and political power following the American Revolution thro...

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Xehetasun bibliografikoak
Egile nagusia: Bilder, Mary Sarah (Egilea)
Formatua: Licensed eBooks
Hizkuntza:ingelesa
Argitaratua: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2022.
Sarrera elektronikoa:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.26526656
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Gaia:"A biography of Eliza Harriot Barons O'Connor, an educator whose 1787 Philadelphia public lecture attended by George Washington might have inspired the gender-neutral language of the Constitution. Explores women's public roles and political power following the American Revolution through the early nineteenth century, tracing the story of white and Black women's struggles for education and suffrage at a transformative moment"--
Deskribapen fisikoa:1 online resource (xiv, 344 pages): illustrations, maps
Bibliografia:Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-304) and index.
ISBN:0813947200
9780813947204
9780813947198