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Autor/in | Bilder, Mary Sarah |
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Titel | Female genius. Eliza Harriot and George Washington at the dawn of the Constitution. |
Quelle | Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press (2022), XIV, 344 S. |
Beigaben | Illustrationen; Literaturangaben |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monographie |
ISBN | 9780813947198 (gebundene Ausgabe); 9780813947204 (E-Book) |
Schlagwörter | Biografie; O'Connor, Eliza Harriot Barons; Washington, George; Women; Education; History; 18. Jahrhundert; United States; Women educators; Biography; Women orators; Political activity; Bildungsgeschichte |
Abstract | Introduction: The Age of the Constitution -- Growing Up Imperial -- Female Genius -- The College and the Forum -- The Exertions of a Female -- The Progress of the Female Mind -- Improving the Female Mind -- Conclusion: Constitutional Exclusion and Example. "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"--Provided by publisher. |
Erfasst von | Library of Congress, Washington, DC |
Update | 2022/2/04 |