TY - BOOK AU - Norton,Mary Beth TI - Liberty's daughters: the revolutionary experience of American women, 1750-1800 : with a new preface SN - 0801483476 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - HQ 1418 .N67 1996 PY - 1996/// CY - Ithaca, N.Y. PB - Cornell University Press KW - Women KW - United States KW - History KW - Sources KW - Political activity KW - Revolution, 1775-1783 KW - Politics KW - Role of KW - Social conditions KW - History, 1607-1809 N1 - 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 ER -