Norton, Mary Beth.

Liberty's daughters : the revolutionary experience of American women, 1750-1800 : with a new preface / Mary Beth Norton. - Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1996. - xxii, 384 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-374) and index.

The small circle of domestic concerns -- The important crisis up on which our fate depends -- Fair flowers if rightly cultivated -- In what wou'd you shew your activity? -- As independent as circumstances will admit -- We commenced perfect statesmen -- Necessity taught us -- A reverence of self -- Vindicating the equality of female intellect.

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Women--History--United States--Sources.
Women--Political activity--History--United States--Sources.


United States--History--Women--Revolution, 1775-1783--Sources.

Politics Role of Women History Women Social conditions History, 1607-1809 United States

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