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Title Sentiments of a British-American woman : Esther DeBerdt Reed and the American Revolution / Owen S. Ireland.

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 General Collection  E302.6.R29 I74 2017    AVAILABLE
Description xi, 252 pages ; 24 cm
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.
Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject Reed, Esther, 1747-1780.
Women political activists -- United States -- Biography.
Politicians' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Women -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
Biographies.
Standard # 9780271079288 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper)
0271079282 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper)
99975167756

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